Use After Free in FreeBSD

CVE-2026-58083

While the kernel was copying knotes during fork, a knote with a timer-based filter could fire and be enqueued on the kqueue's active list before the copy was complete. The copy routine did not account for this and could enqueue the new knote a second time, corrupting the active list. In addition, the copy routine did not hold the appropriate locks while reading knote state, allowing further races. An unprivileged local user can trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-58083?
CVE-2026-58083 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-58083?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.