Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0145
CVE-2006-0145
Description
The kernfs_xread function in kernfs in NetBSD 1.6 through 2.1, and OpenBSD 3.8, does not properly validate file offsets against negative 32-bit values that occur as a result of truncation, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via the lseek system call.
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Affected products
111.6 - 2.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: 1.6 - 2.1
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
9- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16173nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18388nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18712nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitylab.net/research/2006/02/advisory_netbsd_openbsd_kernfs.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txt.ascnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/405nvd
- www.osvdb.org/22293nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423827/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24035nvd
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