Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's rtnl_fill_link_ifmap Function

CVE-2016-4486 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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