When an audio channel's buffer needs to be resized, the sound(4) driver checks that the buffer is not memory-mapped and then drops the channel lock to allocate a new buffer. An mmap(2) call on another thread can complete during this window, after which the resize path frees the now-mapped buffer without rechecking.
An unprivileged local user with access to a sound device can exploit this race to trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, potentially escalating privileges.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:71.sound.asc | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
19 Oct 2026, 21:07
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| First Time |
Freebsd freebsd
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| References | () https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:71.sound.ascĀ - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p8:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.5:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:14.4:p9:*:*:*:*:*:* |
15 Oct 2026, 16:17
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
15 Oct 2026, 07:17
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-10-15 07:17
Updated : 2026-10-19 21:07
NVD link : CVE-2026-101308
Mitre link : CVE-2026-101308
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-101308
JSON object : View
Products Affected
freebsd
- freebsd
CWE
CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
