CVE-2016-9178
See a problem?- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9178
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9178.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9178
- Related
- Published
- 2016-11-28T03:59:13Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:20Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The _getuserasmex 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 getuserex call.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9178
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source