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HistoryJun 29, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

K85332020 : Netlink message vulnerability CVE-2016-4486

2016-06-2900:00:00
my.f5.com
29

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%

Security Advisory Description

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. CVE-2016-4486
Impact
A local user may be able to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.