Information Exposure Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-1968761
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Sept 2016

Introduced: 15 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-9178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.