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CVE-2016-9756

Description

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.


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
linux:linux_kernel linux linux kernel 4.8.11

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