cve 2026 23414

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CVE-2026-23414 is a medium-severity Linux kernel vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) affecting the kernel TLS receive path, where asynchronous decryption can cause a memory leak by leaving encrypted socket buffers pinned longer than necessary. While not a remote code execution flaw, this local availability-impacting bug is relevant for Linux server operators, cloud teams, appliance vendors, and Windows users who rely on Linux through WSL2, containers, or Azure-hosted workloads. Patching is recommended to prevent gradual memory exhaustion in affected systems.

  1. CVE-2026-23414 Linux kTLS Memory Leak: What Windows Users (WSL2) Must Patch

    CVE-2026-23414 is not the kind of Linux kernel flaw that produces dramatic remote-code-execution headlines, but it is exactly the sort of low-level reliability bug that can quietly matter in real systems. The issue sits in the kernel TLS receive path, where asynchronous decryption can leave...
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