CVE-2016-9756 (GCVE-0-2016-9756)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-28 07:42
Modified
2024-08-06 02:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12 Release Notes
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1 Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468 Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1 Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
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