CVE-2006-5836: Opendarwin Darwin Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Affected products

• Opendarwin Darwin Kernel: version 8.8.1 only

Published 2006-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.