EIP-2026-104559
PRE-CVEApple Mac OSX 10.5.x - 'ptrace' Mutex Handling Local Denial of Service
Title source: legacyExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-104559. PoCs published by Micheal Turner.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in Mac OS X's ptrace() mutex handling to trigger a local denial-of-service (DoS) by repeatedly attaching and detaching to a child process. The race condition arises when the kernel attempts to interlock a destroyed mutex, leading to a kernel panic.
Description
Apple Mac OSX 10.5.x - 'ptrace' Mutex Handling Local Denial of Service
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a race condition in Mac OS X's ptrace() mutex handling to trigger a local denial-of-service (DoS) by repeatedly attaching and detaching to a child process. The race condition arises when the kernel attempts to interlock a destroyed mutex, leading to a kernel panic.