Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 via Large Ident Value in kevent System Call

CVE-2016-6242 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a kevent system call.

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