MOKB-09-11-2006: Mac OS X fpathconf() syscall denial of service

Failure to handle unknown file types by the Mac OS X kernel (XNU) fpathconf() syscall causes a kernel panic, leading to an exploitable local denial of service by non-privileged users. The bug was fixed by FreeBSD on Tue Jun 27 23:08:36 2000 UTC (6 years, 4 months ago).

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