Certain programming errors in the msync system call for FreeBSD 5.2.1 and earlier, and 4.10 and earlier, do not properly handle the MS_INVALIDATE operation, which leads to cache consistency problems that allow a local user to prevent certain changes to files from being committed to disk.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.0-releng (including) | 4.0-releng (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 (including) | 4.8 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8-pre-release (including) | 4.8-pre-release (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8-release_p6 (including) | 4.8-release_p6 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8-releng (including) | 4.8-releng (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9 (including) | 4.9 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9-pre-release (including) | 4.9-pre-release (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9-releng (including) | 4.9-releng (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10 (including) | 4.10 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10-release (including) | 4.10-release (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10-releng (including) | 4.10-releng (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2 (including) | 5.2 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2.1-release (including) | 5.2.1-release (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2.1-releng (including) | 5.2.1-releng (including) |