ghsa-r788-47qv-vw8p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:05
Modified
2022-05-17 03:05
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9756"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-28T07:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-r788-47qv-vw8p",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T03:05:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:05:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9756"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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