Security advisory

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  "id": "a9c6815978721014dc59c8842848b0b6d2ae3807d6c26f6b4343f1b3189b9b86",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46158",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-46158",
    "summary": "An issue in redoxOS kernel before commit 5d41cd7c allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the `setitimer` syscall",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-46158",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-46158",
      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/kernel",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5d41cd7c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5d41cd7c"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-46158.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.959122350Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Marsman1996/pocs/tree/master/redox/CVE-2025-46158",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46158.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46158",
        "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/kernel/-/issues/164",
        "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/kernel/-/merge_requests/386"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46158.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-46158",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505188,
  "published_at": "2025-06-20T00:00:00+00:00"
}