CVE-2026-3904

/// Technical description

Calling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the

nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high

load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are

concurrently modified by other processes or threads and crash.

The nscd client in the GNU C Library uses the memcmp function with

inputs that may be concurrently modified by another thread, potentially

resulting in spurious cache misses, which in itself is not a security

issue.  However in the GNU C Library version 2.36 an optimized

implementation of memcmp was introduced for x86_64 which could crash

when invoked with such undefined behaviour, turning this into a

potential crash of the nscd client and the application that uses it.

This implementation was backported to the 2.35 branch, making the nscd

client in that branch vulnerable as well.  Subsequently, the fix for

this issue was backported to all vulnerable branches in the GNU C

Library repository.

It is

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References