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CVE-2016-9178
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-28T03:59:13.080 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:55:37.913

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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