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Tracker / CVE-2016-5244

CVE-2016-5244

High 7.5

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 products and versions

fedoraproject fedora
linux linux_kernel · … → 4.6.3
redhat enterprise_linux
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo
suse linux_enterprise_desktop
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
suse linux_enterprise_server
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension
suse opensuse_leap
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server
suse suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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