CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3890
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.0 on amd64 platforms can make an extra swapgs call after a General Protection Fault (GPF), which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering a GPF during the kernel's return from (1) an interrupt, (2) a trap, or (3) a system call.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd 6.3
• freebsd freebsd 7.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31743 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc security.freebsd.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31003 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020815 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44905 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31743 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc security.freebsd.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31003 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020815 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44905 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com