Bug 2491845 (CVE-2026-56117) - CVE-2026-56117 dhcpcd: dhcpcd: Local heap use-after-free vulnerability leads to denial of service.
Summary: CVE-2026-56117 dhcpcd: dhcpcd: Local heap use-after-free vulnerability leads ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-56117
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2492027 2492028
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Reported: 2026-06-23 17:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-23 22:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-23 17:05:46 UTC
dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger memory corruption when privilege separation is disabled. Attackers can connect to the control socket and send a privileged command such as -x, causing control_recvdata() to free the client object while the same READ+HANGUP event subsequently reaches control_hangup() with the stale pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition exploitable in deployments using --disable-privsep or where privsep initialization has failed with the control socket operating in mode 0666.


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