CVE-2016-9178

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Nov 28, 2016 (Nov 28, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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