# CVE-2026-49417: Multiple vulnerabilities in the sound(4) mmap path

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: p10, p6, p15
- Published: 2026-06-27 · Updated: 2026-06-30

## Affected

- FreeBSD: from 15.0-RELEASE, fixed in p10; from 14.4-RELEASE, fixed in p6; from 14.3-RELEASE, fixed in p15

## Description

Second, the audio buffer backing a mapping could be freed when the device was closed even though the mapping remained valid. The freed memory could then be reused elsewhere while still accessible through the stale mapping. The /dev/dsp device nodes are world-accessible by default. On a system with an audio device, either issue allows an unprivileged local user to read and write kernel memory, which can be used to escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control of the affected system. At a minimum, an attacker can crash the kernel, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeBSD, upgrade to a fixed version (p10, p6, p15) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:27.sound.asc
- https://github.com/Yayoi-cs/CVE-2026-49417_1day_LPE_exploit

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