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, (2) a trap, or (3) a system call

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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

Published Sep 5, 2008

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.31%

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.31% 0.00314

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00314

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.31% (0.00314)	22.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.31% (0.00314)	22.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00045)	11.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31743
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31003
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020815
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44905
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31743		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31003		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020815		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44905		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 5, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 2, 2008

Link CVE-2008-3890

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-3890

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-3890