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CVE-2016-5243
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-27T10:59:10.127 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:02.357

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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