CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-45251

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the FreeBSD kernel, a file descriptor can be closed while a thread is blocked in poll(2) or select(2). The kernel fails to unlink blocked threads before freeing the object, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An unprivileged local user can exploit this to gain superuser privileges.

Risk Assessment

A local unprivileged user can escalate privileges to root, gaining full system control.

Recommendation

Apply the FreeBSD kernel patch that fixes this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A file descriptor can be closed while a thread is blocked in a poll(2) or select(2) call waiting for that descriptor. Because the blocked thread does not hold a reference to the underlying object, this closure may result in the object being freed while the thread remains blocked. In this situation, the kernel must remove the blocked thread from the per-object wait queue prior to freeing the object. In the case of some file descriptor types, the kernel failed to unlink blocked threads from the object before freeing it. When the blocked thread is subsequently woken, it accesses memory that has already been freed resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. The use-after-free vulnerability may be triggered by an unprivileged local user and can be exploited to obtain superuser privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS