CVE-2016-4485
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 4, 2016
Description
The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3006-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3004-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3001-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160503 CVE Request: kernel information leak vulnerability in llc modulemailing-list
- USN-3005-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641vendor-advisory
- USN-2997-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3000-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333309
- DSA-3607vendor-advisory
- USN-3002-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2996-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672vendor-advisory
- USN-2989-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3007-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
- 90015vdb-entry
- USN-3003-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2998-1vendor-advisory
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