CVE-2009-2793 (GCVE-0-2009-2793)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-18 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:07
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The kernel in NetBSD, probably 5.0.1 and earlier, on x86 platforms does not properly handle a pre-commit failure of the iret instruction, which might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to a tempEIP pseudocode variable that is outside of the code-segment limits.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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