CVE-2006-6730

OpenBSD and NetBSD permit usermode code to kill the display server and write to the X.Org /dev/xf86 device, which allows local users with root privileges to reduce securelevel by replacing the System Management Mode SMM handler via a write to an SMRAM address within /dev/xf86 aka the video card...

CVE-2006-6730

CVE-2006-6730 affects OpenBSD and NetBSD. The vulnerability allows local users to execute code with root privileges by killing the display server and writing to the X.Org /dev/xf86 device to replace the System Management Mode (SMM) handler via an SMRAM write within /dev/xf86 (the video card RAM r...