CVE-2016-4485

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4485
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4485.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4485
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-05-23T10:59:01.220Z
Modified
2026-04-16T12:00:09.996084Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The llccmsgrcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.0-sp4"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.10"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "4.5.4"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11-sp4"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11-extra"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "11-sp4"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "4.5.5"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4485.json"

Git / github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4485.json"