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CVE-2026-57843
6.8 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): High (H)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): High (H)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): None (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
- Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
Activity log
- Created suggestion
NetBSD mm_open() PK_KMEM Flag Kernel Pointer Information Disclosure
NetBSD contains an information disclosure vulnerability in mm_open() within sys/dev/mm.c that allows unprivileged local users to obtain real kernel virtual addresses by opening world-accessible devices such as /dev/null or /dev/zero, which incorrectly receive the PK_KMEM process flag. Attackers can exploit this misconfigured flag to bypass the CANSEE_KPTR obfuscation mechanism and read kernel virtual addresses for sensitive kernel structures including struct proc, kauth_cred, filedesc, and vmspace via sysctl KERN_PROC queries.
References
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https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbsd-mm-open-pk-kmem-flag-kernel-pointer… third-party-advisory
Affected products
NetBSD
- <9.5
- =<10.1
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.netbsd.man
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.tic
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.dict
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.make
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.misc
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.stat
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.mknod
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.mtree
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.tsort
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.column
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.compat
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.config
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.gencat
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.getent
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.locale
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.lorder
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.nbperf
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.rpcgen
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.getconf
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.install
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.libedit
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.genassym
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.statHook
None
pkgs.netbsd.uudecode
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.libcurses
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.freebsd.libnetbsd
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 15.0.0
pkgs.netbsd.make-rules
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.libterminfo
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.makeMinimal
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.openbsd.makeMinimal
None
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 9.2
pkgs.netbsd.netbsdSetupHook
None
Package maintainers
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@rhelmot Audrey Dutcher <audrey@rhelmot.io>
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@artemist Artemis Tosini <me@artem.ist>
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@alyssais Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>