CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5244

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-06-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.

Affected configurations

• fedoraproject fedora 23 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • fedoraproject fedora 24 • suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 12 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • suse suse linux enterprise software development kit 11 • suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12 • redhat enterprise linux 5 • suse linux enterprise desktop 12 • suse opensuse leap 42.1 • suse suse linux enterprise software development kit 12 • fedoraproject fedora 22 • linux linux kernel (<= 4.6.3) • suse suse linux enterprise server 12

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References