CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9178
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.7.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory