CVE-2016-9178

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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

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

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.7.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.7.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.7.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}