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HIGHCVE-2026-39461Published Modified CNA freebsd

CVE-2026-39461: select(2) file descriptor set overflow causes stack overflow

libcasper(3) communicates with helper processes via UNIX domain sockets, and uses the select(2) system call to wait for data to become available. However, it does not verify that its socket descriptor fits within select(2)'s descriptor set size limit of FD_SETSIZE (1024). An attacker able to cause an application using libcasper(3) to allocate large file descriptors, e.g., by opening many descriptors and executing a program which is not careful to close them upon startup, may trigger stack corruption. If the target application runs with setuid root privileges, this could be used to escalate local privileges.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
p14
Affected Products
1

Fix available

p14p5p9
Affected packages
  • FreeBSD / FreeBSD
    < p9 (from 15.0-RELEASE) · < p5 (from 14.4-RELEASE) · < p14 (from 14.3-RELEASE)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H