{"id":"CVE-2016-9178","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:29:55.410067Z","published":"2016-11-28T03:59:13.080Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.7.4"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9178.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}