Certain "programming errors" in the msync system call for FreeBSD 5.2.1 and earlier, and 4.10 and earlier, do not properly handle the MS_INVALIDATE operation, which leads to cache consistency problems that allow a local user to prevent certain changes to files from being committed to disk.
2004-08-18T04:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
3.9
4.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.0 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.8 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.8 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.8 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.8 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.9 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.9 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.9 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.10 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.10 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 4.10 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 5.2 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 5.2.1 | Yes |
Operating System | freebsd | freebsd | 5.2.1 | Yes |