NetBSD prior to commit ec8451e contains a signed integer overflow vulnerability in the cryptodev_op() function in sys/opencrypto/cryptodev.c where the local variable iov_len is declared as a signed int but assigned from an unsigned cop->dst_len value, causing undefined behavior when cop->dst_len exceeds INT_MAX. A local attacker with access to /dev/crypto and a compression session type can exploit this vulnerability by providing a dst_len value exceeding INT_MAX to trigger a kernel panic through NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_SVS is disabled and corrupted UIO pointer arithmetic.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbsd-signed-integer-overflow-in-cryptodev-op-via-cryptodev-c
https://nasm.re/posts/uaf_netbsd_crypto/
https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/ec8451efc1565516aba9e7047e1a1a1ce7953a2f
Published: 2026-05-18
Updated: 2026-05-18
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00012