NetBSD contains a use-after-free and double-free vulnerability in msg_recv_copyin() within the COMPAT_NETBSD32 compatibility layer due to a missing return statement before the cleanup label on the success path. Any local user able to execute a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit NetBSD system can trigger a kernel panic or memory corruption by calling recvmsg() with msg_iovlen between 9 and IOV_MAX, causing the kernel to access a freed iovec buffer and subsequently free the same allocation a second time.
CVE-2026-57842
Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.0
- EG Score
- 7.0(high)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity70% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 11, 2026
Last Modified
September 11, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 11, 2026NetBSD COMPAT_NETBSD32 Double Free / Use-After-Free via recvmsg() msg_iovlen | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbsd-compat-netbsd32-double-free-use-after-free-via-recvmsg-msg-iovlenNetBSD Problem Report #60373: compat32: kernel use-after-free in recvmsg
https://gnats.netbsd.org/60373Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57842(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-19 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-18 21:24 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 10:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 23:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 12:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 01:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-13 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 02:15 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-12 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-12 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-11 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 13:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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