Calling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the
nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high
load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are
concurrently modified by other processes or threads and crash.




The nscd client in the GNU C Library uses the memcmp function with
inputs that may be concurrently modified by another thread, potentially
resulting in spurious cache misses, which in itself is not a security
issue.  However in the GNU C Library version 2.36 an optimized
implementation of memcmp was introduced for x86_64 which could crash
when invoked with such undefined behaviour, turning this into a
potential crash of the nscd client and the application that uses it.
This implementation was backported to the 2.35 branch, making the nscd
client in that branch vulnerable as well.  Subsequently, the fix for
this issue was backported to all vulnerable branches in the GNU C
Library repository.


It is advised that distributions that may have cherry-picked the memcpy
SSE2 optimization in their copy of the GNU C Library, also apply the fix
to avoid the potential crash in the nscd client.

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Title glibc: nscd client crash on x86_64 under high nscd load
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Calling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are concurrently modified by other processes or threads and crash. The nscd client in the GNU C Library uses the memcmp function with inputs that may be concurrently modified by another thread, potentially resulting in spurious cache misses, which in itself is not a security issue.  However in the GNU C Library version 2.36 an optimized implementation of memcmp was introduced for x86_64 which could crash when invoked with such undefined behaviour, turning this into a potential crash of the nscd client and the application that uses it. This implementation was backported to the 2.35 branch, making the nscd client in that branch vulnerable as well.  Subsequently, the fix for this issue was backported to all vulnerable branches in the GNU C Library repository. It is advised that distributions that may have cherry-picked the memcpy SSE2 optimization in their copy of the GNU C Library, also apply the fix to avoid the potential crash in the nscd client.
Weaknesses CWE-366
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: glibc

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-11T15:56:23.027Z

Reserved: 2026-03-10T19:52:49.054Z

Link: CVE-2026-3904

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-11T15:16:39.402Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-11T14:16:30.113

Modified: 2026-03-12T21:08:22.643

Link: CVE-2026-3904

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-11T13:19:09Z

Links: CVE-2026-3904 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-12T10:05:58Z

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