Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 3, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0268
CVE-2001-0268
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
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960nvdUS Government Resource
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.htmlnvd
- www.openbsd.org/errata.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/6141nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2739nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222nvd
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