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SUSE: CVE-2016-5244: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5244: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/24/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/24/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

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.

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-2016:1937
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1
  • DLA-516-1
  • DSA-3607
  • 91021
  • 1041895
  • USN-3070-1
  • USN-3070-2
  • USN-3070-3
  • USN-3070-4
  • USN-3071-1
  • USN-3071-2
  • USN-3072-1
  • USN-3072-2
  • CVE-2016-5244
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