Unscored CVE-2016-6242 EUVD-2016-7172GHSA-jf6q-68vq-p2q4

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a keven…

Published Mar 7, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a kevent system call.

References

http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html
[oss-security] 20160714 Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernel mailing-list
[oss-security] 20160717 ReL Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernel mailing-list
http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html
91805 vdb-entry