cve/2016/CVE-2016-4486.md

CVE-2016-4486

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46006/

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/bcoles/kasld