Description
The HDA audio device model did not check for zero-length Buffer Descriptor List (BDL) entries when starting a stream. A zero-length entry caused an out-of-bounds read or write during DMA transfer processing. BDL fields were also subject to modification by the guest after validation.
A malicious guest can crash the bhyve process or potentially execute arbitrary code in the host userspace context running the virtual machine, subject to bhyve's Capsicum sandbox.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD | FreeBSD | 15.1-RELEASE – < p5, 14.5-RELEASE – < p2, 14.4-RELEASE – < p11 | p5 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-3967 FreeBSD Project FreeBSD OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 8, 2026
- NCSC-2026-0452 Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in FreeBSD bhyve hypervisor NCSC-NL (Netherlands) · Oct 22, 2026