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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-104112"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-09T14:19:29.399Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-09T16:45:36.172Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:50.502Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-104112"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-104112.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-104112"
title: "Missing release of passed file descriptors in illumos nscd allows local users to exhaust kernel memory"
summary: "A missing release of resources in the illumos name service cache daemon (nscd) allows a local user to exhaust kernel memory. The nscd door server procedure, switcher() in usr/src/cmd/nscd/nscd_frontend.c, does not close file descriptors that are passed with a door call but not used by the request, and the main nscd door at /var/run/name_service_door accepts passed descriptors from any user in its zone. Because nscd also runs with an unlimited file descriptor limit, an unprivileged local user, including one in a non-global zone, can repeatedly pass a descriptor to its zone's nscd in a door_call() loop, causing the file descriptor table of nscd to grow without bound in kernel memory. This causes a denial of service of nscd and can render processes in all zones on the host unresponsive. The flaw has existed since 2006 (illumos-gate commit cb5caa98), and affects any illumos distribution prior to illumos-gate commit af810a72."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cb5caa98562cf06753163f558cbcfe30b8f4673a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae","changes":[{"at":"af810a72c09944e884ec695e8dbf1702a4f424ae","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"illumos","product":"illumos-gate","packageName":"SUNWcs","collectionURL":"https://illumos.org","platforms":["x86"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"any","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"r151054"},{"version":"r151058","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"r151058w","changes":[{"at":"r151058w","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"r151056","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"r151056aw","changes":[{"at":"r151056aw","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"r151054","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"r151054bw","changes":[{"at":"r151054bw","status":"unaffected"}]}],"vendor":"OmniOS","product":"OmniOS","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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