ghsa-w757-gq6j-hrx5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:46
Modified
2022-05-14 01:46
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details

The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-4486"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-05-23T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.",
  "id": "GHSA-w757-gq6j-hrx5",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:46:48Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:46:48Z",
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html"
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}


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