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CVE-2026-49428

posixshm: system calls can incorrectly free memory of largepage objects

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

Certain system calls, such open(2) with the O_TRUNC flag set, and fspacectl(2), could incorrectly free memory in largepage objects. These operations are not permitted on largepage objects, but the implementation did not verify this. An unprivileged local user can abuse the bug to access freed kernel memory. This can be exploited to escalate privileges.

Timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  2. CVE published
  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