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CVE-2016-9178

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 variabl

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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.

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References 6

GitHub · torvalds/linux

git.kernel.org

openwall.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

securityfocus.com

kernel.org