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CVE-2016-9178

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Description

The __get_user_asm_ex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a get_user_ex call.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/28/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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