CVE-2016-5243
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 3, 2016
Description
The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink 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-3054-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160603 Re: CVE Request: tipc: an infoleak in tipc_nl_compat_link_dumpmailing-list
- USN-3051-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2
- USN-3053-1vendor-advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629100/
- USN-3055-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3056-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3052-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3049-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343335
- DSA-3607vendor-advisory
- USN-3050-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3057-1vendor-advisory
- 91334vdb-entry
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