Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9178
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
November 28, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory