CVE - CVE-2016-9178

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9178	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:94144 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af MLIST:[oss-security] 20161104 Re: kernel: fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex() URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161104)
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