CVE-2016-9756
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9756
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9756.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9756
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-28T07:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- 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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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.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615