CVE-2006-5836

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kerndescrip.c in the Darwin kernel XNU 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type...

CVE-2006-5836

The CVE-2006-5836 entry concerns the Mac OS X kernel (Darwin/XNU) fpathconf() syscall in kern_descrip.c, affecting Darwin 8.8.1. The vulnerability allows an authenticated local attacker to trigger a kernel panic (DoS) via a file descriptor associated with an unrecognized file type (e.g., semaphor...

CVE-2006-5836

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kerndescrip.c in the Darwin kernel XNU 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type...