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CVE-2016-5244

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 23, 24, 22
• Linux kernel: through 4.6.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: 11-sp4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: 11-sp4, 12-sp1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-extra, 11-sp4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12
• SUSE Linux openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp4, 12

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/5
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91021

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