cve/2016/CVE-2016-6242.md

### [CVE-2016-6242](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6242)
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### Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a kevent system call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5

#### Github
- https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve