Kernel memory corruption via stale NFS mbuf pointers
Published Nov 15, 2024 · Updated Oct 2, 2025
NFS memory-safety flaws in OpenBSD 7.4 and 7.5 allow remote attackers to corrupt kernel memory via crafted NFS traffic. Error paths free nmi_mrep or nmi_mreq mbufs without clearing their pointers, allowing later retry or cleanup processing to free the same storage again; a server name-length path also continues with an uninitialized value. Reachability requires an enabled NFS server or an NFS client communicating with an attacker-controlled server, and OpenBSD does not enable NFS by default.
Summary
What happened
NFS memory-safety flaws in OpenBSD 7.4 and 7.5 allow remote attackers to corrupt kernel memory via crafted NFS traffic. Error paths free nmi_mrep or nmi_mreq mbufs without clearing their pointers, allowing later retry or cleanup processing to free the same storage again; a server name-length path also continues with an uninitialized value. Reachability requires an enabled NFS server or an NFS client communicating with an attacker-controlled server, and OpenBSD does not enable NFS by default.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-10934
- Published
- Nov 15, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 2, 2025
- Vendor
- OpenBSD Project
- Product
- OpenBSD
- Classifications
- CWE-415, CWE-457, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.4
- Affected versionversion=7.4 <7.4_errata_021
- Affected versionversion=7.5
- Affected versionversion=7.5 <7.5_errata_008
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