CVEs-PoC/2005/CVE-2005-4783.md

### [CVE-2005-4783](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4783)
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### Description

kernfs_xread in kernfs_vnops.c in NetBSD before 20050831 does not check for a negative offset when reading the message buffer, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0601-advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txt

#### Github
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