Security Advisory
CVE-2016-4486
3.3
LOW
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
May 23, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory