CVE-2026-104112 (GCVE-0-2026-104112)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-09 14:19
Modified
2026-10-09 16:45
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Summary
A missing release of resources in the illumos name service cache daemon (nscd) allows a local user to exhaust kernel memory. The nscd door server procedure, switcher() in usr/src/cmd/nscd/nscd_frontend.c, does not close file descriptors that are passed with a door call but not used by the request, and the main nscd door at /var/run/name_service_door accepts passed descriptors from any user in its zone. Because nscd also runs with an unlimited file descriptor limit, an unprivileged local user, including one in a non-global zone, can repeatedly pass a descriptor to its zone's nscd in a door_call() loop, causing the file descriptor table of nscd to grow without bound in kernel memory. This causes a denial of service of nscd and can render processes in all zones on the host unresponsive. The flaw has existed since 2006 (illumos-gate commit cb5caa98), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit af810a72.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| illumos | illumos-gate |
Version: cb5caa98562cf06753163f558cbcfe30b8f4673a |
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