FKIE_CVE-2016-5244
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-27 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:49
Severity
Summary
The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.
References
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