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CVE-2026-49427

posixshm: largepage shared memory objects not explicitly wired

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in p1, p11, p7, p16
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Pages belonging to largepage shared memory objects were not explicitly wired. When sendfile(2) transmitted such an object with the SF_NOCACHE flag, it freed the underlying pages after transmission even though existing mappings still referred to them. An unprivileged local user can abuse the bug to access freed kernel memory. This can be exploited to escalate privileges.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • FreeBSD FreeBSD

    From 15.1-RELEASE · fixed in p1; From 15.0-RELEASE · fixed in p11; From 14.4-RELEASE · fixed in p7; From 14.3-RELEASE · fixed in p16

References 1

security.freebsd.org