cves/2016/CVE-2016-9178.md

### [CVE-2016-9178](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9178)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
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#### Github
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Carry each record's title, vendor and product, and search them first 2026-09-04 02:32:22 +02:00			`### [CVE-2016-9178](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9178)`
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			`### Description`

			`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.`

			`### POC`

			`#### Reference`
			`No PoCs from references.`

			`#### Github`
Clean and verify CVE PoC sources 2026-08-29 04:26:56 +02:00			`No PoCs found on GitHub currently.`
Update Sun May 26 14:27:04 CEST 2024 2024-05-26 14:27:05 +02:00