The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-05-23T10:00:00
Updated: 2018-12-20T10:57:01
Reserved: 2016-05-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4486
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:02.707
Modified: 2023-09-12T14:55:31.563
Link: CVE-2016-4486
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