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Debian: CVE-2016-9178: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9178: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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