The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-10T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.569Z

Reserved: 2006-11-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5836

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-10T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:20:45.313

Link: CVE-2006-5836

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