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CVE-2016-4485
The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 4.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- USN-3006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3004-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3001-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160503 CVE Request: kernel information leak vulnerability in llc module (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3005-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2997-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3002-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2996-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2989-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3007-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3003-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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