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CVE-2001-1047
Race condition in OpenBSD VFS allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by (1) creating a pipe in one thread and…
Low1.2EPSS 0.27%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in OpenBSD VFS allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by (1) creating a pipe in one thread and causing another thread to set one of the file descriptors to NULL via a close, or (2) calling dup2 on a file descriptor in one process, then setting the descriptor to NULL via a close in another process that is created via rfork.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20010602 Locally exploitable races in OpenBSD VFS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2817 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openbsd-dup2-race-dos(6660) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openbsd-pipe-race-dos(6661) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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Record last updated .