Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2026· Updated Jun 30, 2026
Use-after-free bug in the IPV6_MSFILTER socket option handler
CVE-2026-49412
Description
The kernel handler for IPV6_MSFILTER dropped a serializing lock in order to copy the source-filter list from userspace, then reacquired the lock. During this window another thread could free the multicast filter structure, leaving the handler with a stale pointer to freed memory.
An unprivileged local user can exploit this use-after-free to escalate privileges.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:29.ip6_multicast.ascmitrevendor-advisory
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