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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-10677
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-zephyr
Assigner Org ID-e2e69745-5e70-4e92-8431-deb5529a81ad
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-21 Jul, 2026 | 21:30
Updated At-22 Jul, 2026 | 19:36
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Kernel heap memory leak in `z_vrfy_k_poll()` lets an unprivileged user thread exhaust the kernel resource pool

The CONFIG_USERSPACE syscall verifier z_vrfy_k_poll() in kernel/poll.c allocates a kernel-side copy of the user-supplied k_poll_event[] via z_thread_malloc() and then validates each event's object handle. Before this fix, validation used K_OOPS(K_SYSCALL_OBJ(...)) inline inside the loop, which kills the calling thread without freeing events_copy. A user thread can pass num_events >= 1 with a forged object handle to leak the allocation; because newly spawned user threads inherit the parent's resource_pool (kernel/thread.c), an attacker spawns sacrificial threads to repeat the leak until the shared kernel heap is exhausted. Once depleted, legitimate kernel allocations from that pool (k_queue alloc nodes, k_msgq buffers, future k_poll calls, etc.) fail, causing a system-level denial of service. The fix replaces each inline K_OOPS with a conditional goto oops_free so the buffer is freed before the thread is killed. Affects Zephyr releases from v1.12.0 (when k_poll was first exposed to user mode) through v4.4.1.

Affected Products
Vendor
Zephyr Projectzephyrproject
Product
zephyr
Collection URL
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Package Name
zephyr
Program Files
  • kernel/poll.c
Default Status
unaffected
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Affected
  • From 1.12.0 before 4.5.0 (semver)
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-401dos
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-401
Description: dos
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3.16.5MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.5
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/8dc7a37bc75402a0a3329397887f32f5fb4da3ad
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-r3cc-8wcr-xfj9
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/8dc7a37bc75402a0a3329397887f32f5fb4da3ad
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-r3cc-8wcr-xfj9
Resource: N/A
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