CVE-2016-9756
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
Description
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12
- [oss-security] 20161201 CVE request: Kernel: kvm: stack memory information leakagemailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c
- 94615vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468
- openSUSE-SU-2017:0002vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c
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