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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4486: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-703)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4486: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-703)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/18/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/18/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

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)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2016-703
  • DLA-516-1
  • DSA-3607
  • 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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