{"id":"CVE-2016-9756","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.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:39:42.900769255Z","published":"2016-12-28T07:59:00.477Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94615"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.12"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9756.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.11"}]}]}}],"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"}]}