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FreeBSD: VID-5028c1ae-1890-11ed-9b22-002590c1f29c (CVE-2022-23089): FreeBSD -- Out of bound read in elf_note_prpsinfo()

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 10, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

When dumping core and saving process information, proc_getargv() might return an sbuf which have a sbuf_len() of 0 or -1, which is not properly handled.

An out-of-bound read can happen when user constructs a specially crafted ps_string, which in turn can cause the kernel to crash.

Solutions

freebsd-upgrade-base-13_1-release-p1freebsd-upgrade-base-13_0-release-p12freebsd-upgrade-base-12_3-release-p6
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