tcp: fix TIME_WAIT socket reference leak on PSP policy failure
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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.
Affected products
Linux · Linux