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LIN8-4079 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-5243

Created: Jun 29, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 9, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.9
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump 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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-5243

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