Security Advisory

CVE-2016-9756

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date December 28, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory