Vulnerability in Amd Amd64

CVE-2008-3890

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…

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Amd Amd64
Freebsd — versions 6.3, 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)