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Use-after-free in unix SOCK_STREAM message handling

FreeBSD-SA-26:57.unix · CVE-2026-58090

Our decision for FreeSense

FreeBSD corrected this on 2026-08-24, after the FreeBSD source pin of FreeSense 1.0 (pinned 2026-08-03). The fix arrives with the next FreeBSD pin of each line that is still updated. No one has checked yet whether FreeSense is exposed in practice.

  • Advisory: corrected 2026-08-24
  • 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 fixesOpen2026-08-03e004ff15
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

The SOCK_STREAM receive path in the unix socket implementation failed to fully detach control messages from the socket buffer before processing them. Some error paths would free those messages, leaving freed data mbufs in the receive socket buffer.

Impact

An unprivileged local user can exploit this use-after-free to escalate privileges.

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

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