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CVE-2026-49412

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-06-27 Modified: 2026-07-01

Description

The kernel handler for IPV6_MSFILTER dropped a serializing lock in order to copy the source-filter list from userspace, then reacquired the lock. During this window another thread could free the multicast filter structure, leaving the handler with a stale pointer to freed memory. An unprivileged local user can exploit this use-after-free to escalate privileges.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References