Freebsd · Freebsd · CVE-2008-3890
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
FreeBSD versions 6.3 through 7.0
**Description**
The issue allows local users to gain privileges by triggering a General Protection Fault (GPF) during the kernel's return from an interrupt, a trap, or a system call, due to an extra swapgs call made by the kernel after a GPF on amd64 platforms.
**Recommendations**
For FreeBSD versions 6.3 through 7.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent local users from gaining privileges.