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SUSE: CVE-2016-4486: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-4486: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:1672
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1690
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1696
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1696-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1937
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1
  • DLA-516-1
  • DSA-3607
  • 90051
  • USN-2989-1
  • USN-2996-1
  • USN-2997-1
  • USN-2998-1
  • USN-3000-1
  • USN-3001-1
  • USN-3002-1
  • USN-3003-1
  • USN-3004-1
  • USN-3005-1
  • USN-3006-1
  • USN-3007-1
  • CVE-2016-4486
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