CVE-2016-5243
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5243
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5243.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5243
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-27T10:59:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3051-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629100/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343335
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91334