CVE-2026-104114

NULL pointer dereference in illumos nwamd door handler allows local users to crash the daemon

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
Oct 9, 2026
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
Reserved
Oct 1, 2026

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Description

A NULL pointer dereference in the illumos Network Auto-Magic daemon (nwamd) allows a local user to crash the daemon. nwamd_door_switch() in usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/lib/nwamd/door_if.c writes to the caller's request structure before checking that a request was supplied, and before checking the caller's credentials. Because the nwamd door at /etc/svc/volatile/nwam/nwam_door is accessible to all local users, an unprivileged user can issue a door_call() with no argument data to crash nwamd; repeated calls place the svc:/network/physical:nwam service into maintenance, stopping automatic network configuration. nwamd runs only when svc:/network/physical:nwam is enabled, which is not the default. The flaw has existed since 2010 (illumos-gate commit 6ba597c5), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit 0f1064d9.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:Pillumos

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
illumos-gateillumos
  • 6ba597c56d749c61b4f783157f63196d7b2445f0 to before 0f1064d97f1a43778ddf87d4e438b99872aed1a0Affectedfrom 0f1064d97f1a43778ddf87d4e438b99872aed1a0Not affected
OmniOSOmniOS
  • any to before r151054Affected
  • r151058 to before r151058wAffectedfrom r151058wNot affected
  • r151056 to before r151056awAffectedfrom r151056awNot affected
  • r151054 to before r151054bwAffectedfrom r151054bwNot affected

References

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