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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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-23T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.246Z

Reserved: 2016-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4486

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:02.707

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:19.443

Link: CVE-2016-4486

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4486 - Bugzilla