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CVE-2016-5244

CVE-2016-5244

EPSS 5.6%
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
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbbhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343337https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbbhttps://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629110/http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607