27 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-9178 Vulnerability
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. (CVSS:2.1) (Last Update:2016-11-28)
Vulnerability Details : 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. Publish Date : 2016-11-27 Last Update Date : 2016-11-28 - CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types
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