{"id":"CVE-2016-5243","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:15:23.616503450Z","published":"2016-06-27T10:59:10.127Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91334"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d2be1422e02ccd697ccfcd45c85b4a26e6178e2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3051-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343335"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629100/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.6.3"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5243.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}