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The i386_set_ldt system call in NetBSD 1.5 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, when the USER_LDT kernel option is enabled, does not validate a call gate target, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a segment call gate in the Local Descriptor Table (LDT) with a target that specifies an arbitrary kernel address

Published May 7, 2001

Description

The i386_set_ldt system call in NetBSD 1.5 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, when the USER_LDT kernel option is enabled, does not validate a call gate target, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a segment call gate in the Local Descriptor Table (LDT) with a target that specifies an arbitrary kernel address.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (9)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 7, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Apr 4, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0268
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2001-0268
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2001-0268
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published May 7, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2001-0268
EUVD-2001-0268