NetBSD contains an information disclosure vulnerability in mm_open() within sys/dev/mm.c that allows unprivileged local users to obtain real kernel virtual addresses by opening world-accessible devices such as /dev/null or /dev/zero, which incorrectly receive the PK_KMEM process flag. Attackers can exploit this misconfigured flag to bypass the CANSEE_KPTR obfuscation mechanism and read kernel virtual addresses for sensitive kernel structures including struct proc, kauth_cred, filedesc, and vmspace via sysctl KERN_PROC queries.
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| Description | NetBSD contains an information disclosure vulnerability in mm_open() within sys/dev/mm.c that allows unprivileged local users to obtain real kernel virtual addresses by opening world-accessible devices such as /dev/null or /dev/zero, which incorrectly receive the PK_KMEM process flag. Attackers can exploit this misconfigured flag to bypass the CANSEE_KPTR obfuscation mechanism and read kernel virtual addresses for sensitive kernel structures including struct proc, kauth_cred, filedesc, and vmspace via sysctl KERN_PROC queries. | |
| Title | NetBSD mm_open() PK_KMEM Flag Kernel Pointer Information Disclosure | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T13:50:32.448Z
Reserved: 2026-06-25T18:48:00.281Z
Link: CVE-2026-57843
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T14:17:28.067
Modified: 2026-09-11T14:17:28.067
Link: CVE-2026-57843
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-13T19:15:14Z
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