CVE-2026-80115 PUBLISHED

PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Kernel Crash via DirectIo64.sys MSR Write IOCTL

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 25.08.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain a privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows local attackers to read arbitrary Model-Specific Registers or write zero to any MSR through exposed IOCTLs with insufficient blocklist enforcement. Attackers can exploit the unrestricted write IOCTL to zero out the system call handler MSR, causing an immediate unrecoverable kernel crash on the next system call, or read security-sensitive MSRs used to locate kernel data structures.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor PassMark Software
Product PerformanceTest
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 11.1 build 1012 (excl.)
Vendor PassMark Software
Product BurnInTest
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 11.1 build 1000 (excl.)
Vendor PassMark Software
Product OSForensics
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 11.1 build 1016 (excl.)

Credits

  • Emil Sørbrøden finder

References

Problem Types

  • Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control CWE