Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0114
CVE-2004-0114
Description
The shmat system call in the System V Shared Memory interface for FreeBSD 5.2 and earlier, NetBSD 1.3 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier, does not properly decrement a shared memory segment's reference count when the vm_map_find function fails, which could allow local users to gain read or write access to a portion of kernel memory and gain privileges.
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6Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:02.shmat.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9586nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-004.txt.ascnvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.openbsd.org/errata33.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/3836nvd
- www.pine.nl/press/pine-cert-20040201.txtnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15061nvd
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