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Three FreeBSD descriptor-handling flaws let a jailed process escape its filesystem root.

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FreeBSD jails, operating-system-level isolation on FreeBSD hosts.

A jailed process must first receive a directory descriptor from another jail; the variants then clear, lose or bypass FD_RESOLVE_BENEATH through fdescfs, renameat handling or SCM_RIGHTS passing.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026