Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek
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- published10 Apr 2022
- disclosed28 Nov 2016
Introduced: 28 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-9178 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3534.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle: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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-9178.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3533.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3534.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94144
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391908
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1c109fabbd51863475cd12ac206bdd249aee35af