fkie_cve-2016-9756
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-12-28 07:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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