CVE-2016-9756

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9756
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9756.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9756
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-12-28T07:59:00.477Z
Modified
2026-03-12T22:30:04.981059Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.8.11"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9756.json"