CVSS 3.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2016-9756
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615