Process termination via unchecked p_cansignal result
Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Jun 26, 2026
Improper privilege management in affected FreeBSD releases allows local users to terminate arbitrary processes through thr_kill2(2). In sys_thr_kill2(), the kernel calls p_cansignal() for a target thread but delivers the requested signal even when that permission check returns an error. Affected systems run 14.3-RELEASE before p15, 14.4-RELEASE before p6, or 15.0-RELEASE before p10; local users, including jailed users, need only discover global process and thread IDs to stop cross-user, host, or cross-jail processes, including critical daemons.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in affected FreeBSD releases allows local users to terminate arbitrary processes through thr_kill2(2). In sys_thr_kill2(), the kernel calls p_cansignal() for a target thread but delivers the requested signal even when that permission check returns an error. Affected systems run 14.3-RELEASE before p15, 14.4-RELEASE before p6, or 15.0-RELEASE before p10; local users, including jailed users, need only discover global process and thread IDs to stop cross-user, host, or cross-jail processes, including critical daemons.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-45256
- Published
- Jun 26, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- Vendor
- The FreeBSD Project
- Product
- FreeBSD
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1489
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=14.3-RELEASE <p15
- Affected versionversion=14.4-RELEASE <p6
- Affected versionversion=15.0-RELEASE <p10
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