CVE-2016-9178
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-09-15 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
The __get_user_asm_ex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in theLinux 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.
See more information about CVE-2016-9178 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 1.9 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3534 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3534 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3534 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3534 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0057 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0056 | 2017-03-31 |
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