Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5244

Title: Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5244.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Jun 27, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5244: The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.

Impacted Vendors

suse 2

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91021 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041895 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343337 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629110/ http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91021 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041895 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3072-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343337 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4116def2337991b39919f3b448326e21c40e0dbb https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/629110/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-5244 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 27, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.