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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-49418 EUVD-2026-62229GHSA-x3qv-w3hg-xgc7

Use-after-free in device pager page list

Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by freebsd

Description

When msync(MS_INVALIDATE) is called on a mapping of an unmanaged device object, the physical pages in the mapping range are marked invalid but remain in the pager's page list. A subsequent page fault will cause the fault handler to re-insert the page into the object's list. This corrupts the list, and on object destruction the page is freed twice.

An unprivileged local user with access to a device that provides memory-mapped I/O can trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, though this is limited to a pool of objects ("fictitious pages") that are never recycled for a different purpose. It may be possible to exploit this to escalate privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FreeBSD FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE – < p1, 15.0-RELEASE – < p11, 14.4-RELEASE – < p7, 14.3-RELEASE – < p16 p1

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