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Uninitialized kernel memory disclosure via ktrace(2)

FreeBSD-SA-25:04.ktrace · CVE-2025-0662

Our decision for FreeSense

FreeBSD corrected this on 2025-01-20, before the FreeBSD source pin of every FreeSense version.

  • Advisory: corrected 2025-01-20
  • FreeSense 1.0 pin: e004ff15f87e (2026-08-03)
  • FreeSense 1.1 pin: a52c50b4b7c2 (2026-10-04)
  • FreeSense 1.2 pin: a52c50b4b7c2 (2026-10-04)
Decided by rules, not yet reviewed. The status comes from the advisory's correction date and the build configuration. A maintainer has not looked at whether FreeSense is exposed in practice. How we triage

By FreeSense version

VersionStatusFreeBSD pin
FreeSense 1.01.0.7 · frozen, no further fixesFixedFreeBSD pin of 2026-08-032026-08-03e004ff15
FreeSense 1.11.1.9FixedFreeBSD pin of 2026-10-042026-10-04a52c50b4
FreeSense 1.21.2.0-DEVELOPMENTFixedFreeBSD pin of 2026-10-042026-10-04a52c50b4

Workaround

No workaround is available.

What FreeBSD says

In some cases, the ktrace facility will log the contents of kernel structures to userspace. In one such case, ktrace dumps a variable-sized sockaddr to userspace. There, the full sockaddr is copied, even when it is shorter than the full size. This can result in up to 14 uninitialized bytes of kernel memory being copied out to userspace.

Impact

It is possible for an unprivileged userspace program to leak 14 bytes of a kernel heap allocation to userspace.

Excerpt from the FreeBSD advisory. Read the original for the full text and the fix.

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