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.
History

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First Time appeared Freebsd
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Description 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.
Title posixshm: system calls can incorrectly free memory of largepage objects
Weaknesses CWE-915
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T05:57:04.674Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T20:24:28.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-49428

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T06:17:42.263

Modified: 2026-08-19T06:17:42.263

Link: CVE-2026-49428

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Updated: 2026-08-19T13:30:04Z