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A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for OpenBSD, specifically when handling malformed calls to sysctl. By invoking systcl and passing a specific flag in conjunction with a negative argument may trigger a kernel panic. This could be exploited by a malicious unprivileged local user to crash a target system. The precise technical details regarding this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated as further information is made available.

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for OpenBSD, specifically when handling malformed calls to sysctl. By invoking systcl and passing a specific flag in conjunction with a negative argument may trigger a kernel panic. This could be exploited by a malicious unprivileged local user to crash a target system. The precise technical details regarding this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated as further information is made available.