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FreeBSD -- sigqueue(2) missing capability mode restriction

Affected packages
15.0 <= FreeBSD-kernel < 15.0_10
14.4 <= FreeBSD-kernel < 14.4_6
14.3 <= FreeBSD-kernel < 14.3_15

Details

VuXML ID 94f20492-6473-11f1-958d-bc241121aa0a
Discovery 2026-06-09
Entry 2026-06-10

Problem Description:

sigqueue(2) was marked as permitted in capability mode with the introduction of Capsicum in 2011, but the implementation of kern_sigqueue did not include a capability mode check restricting signal delivery to the calling process's own PID.

Impact:

A process in capability mode can use sigqueue(2) to send signals to any process it could signal following standard Unix permissions, bypassing the Capsicum sandbox restriction. A compromised sandboxed process could interfere with other processes, for example by sending SIGKILL or SIGSTOP. This could be any process running as the same user, or any process, for a superuser sandboxed process.

References

CVE Name CVE-2026-45259
FreeBSD Advisory SA-26:28.capsicum