CVE-2026-68379

CVE-2026-68379

High · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: fix TIME_WAIT socket reference leak on PSP policy failure

Release the TIME_WAIT socket reference and jump to discard_it

upon PSP policy failure in both IPv4 and IPv6 receive paths.

This prevents a memory leak of tcp_tw_bucket structures.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00601 · 48.1th percentile
Published
2026-08-10T17:20Z
References (3)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1931a81122c3cdc4c89448fe0442c69e21c0d5 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374742a961becbbfc7fbfd1382d978a05e492741 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e666af5dcc905ba694745963174d232deb478c55 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 12:03Z
    tcp: fix TIME_WAIT socket reference leak on PSP policy failure
    cvelistv5