CVE-2026-2261

The CVE-2026-2261 issue affects blocklistd where a programming error leaks a socket descriptor per adverse event, eventually exhausting file descriptors. After a moderate number of leaks, the process cannot run the helper script because a forked child dereferences a null pointer and crashes, prev...

FreeBSD -- blocklistd(8) socket leak

Problem Description: Due to a programming error, blocklistd leaks a socket descriptor for each adverse event report it receives. Once a certain number of leaked sockets is reached, blocklistd becomes unable to run the helper script: a child process is forked, but this child dereferences a null...