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CVE-2016-5243

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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.

References

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629100/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-6194

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343335

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3051-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91334

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00507

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