CVE

Id
95998  
CVE No.
CVE-2016-9178  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20161104)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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