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CVE-2016-5243

Description

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.

POC

Reference

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1

Github

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