GHSA-2q5f-pw9r-2w7mHighCVSS 7.0
NetBSD's hdaudio(4) driver in sys/dev/hdaudio/hdaudio.c contains a missing access control...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
NetBSD's hdaudio(4) driver in sys/dev/hdaudio/hdaudio.c contains a missing access control vulnerability that allows unprivileged local attackers to invoke the HDAUDIO_FGRP_SETCONFIG ioctl without elevated permissions by exploiting the absence of an access check on /dev/hdaudioN device nodes. Attackers can repeatedly issue HDAUDIO_FGRP_SETCONFIG from one thread while keeping DMA and IRQs live from a second thread to trigger a use-after-free race condition in hdafg_detach() between stream_stop() and stream_disestablish(), where a latched DMA interrupt dereferences a freed callback pointer, resulting in outcomes ranging from audio-subsystem denial of service and kernel panic to potential local kernel privilege escalation.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53996
- https://cvsweb.NetBSD.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/hdaudio/hdaudio.c
- https://gist.github.com/n4sm/c9683ca728ecfada6c726f2a5afb50ed
- https://gnats.netbsd.org/60492
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbsd-hdaudio-4-driver-privilege-bypass-use-after-free-via-hdaudio-fgrp-setconfig-ioctl
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2q5f-pw9r-2w7m