Local process crash via decompression cleanup race
Published Feb 10, 2026 · Updated Feb 10, 2026
Use-after-free in lrzip 0.651 allows local users to crash the process by testing a crafted LZMA archive with parallel workers. The decompression error path in lzma_decompress_buf writes through an uncomp_thread pointer after clear_rulist frees the shared ucthreads allocation during concurrent cleanup. Triggering requires local execution against the crafted archive and a cleanup race between worker threads; the public reproduction demonstrates an AddressSanitizer abort, not code execution.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in lrzip 0.651 allows local users to crash the process by testing a crafted LZMA archive with parallel workers. The decompression error path in lzma_decompress_buf writes through an uncomp_thread pointer after clear_rulist frees the shared ucthreads allocation during concurrent cleanup. Triggering requires local execution against the crafted archive and a cleanup race between worker threads; the public reproduction demonstrates an AddressSanitizer abort, not code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-15570
- Published
- Feb 10, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Con Kolivas
- Product
- lrzip
- Classifications
- CWE-119, CWE-416
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.651
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- PoC_UAF crafted archiveproof of concept · demonstrated
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