CVE-2026-58083

While the kernel was copying knotes during fork, a knote with a timer-based filter could fire and be enqueued on the kqueue's active list before the copy was complete. The copy routine did not account for this and could enqueue the new knote a second time, corrupting the active list. In addition, the copy routine did not hold the appropriate locks while reading knote state, allowing further races. An unprivileged local user can trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:50.kqueue.asc	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:p1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:15.1:rc3-p1::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 08:17

Updated : 2026-08-31 19:02

NVD link : CVE-2026-58083

Mitre link : CVE-2026-58083

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-58083

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Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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