CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9756
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-28
- 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
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12 does not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.8.11)
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=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory