CVE-2016-5244

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.055 · 93 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.52% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

22 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimary

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Linux Kernel <=4.6.3all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Open Source Linux Kernel≤ 4.6.3cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 22nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 23nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 24nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel≤ 4.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise debuginfo= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise real time extension= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise real time extension= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise workstation extension= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse opensuse leap= 42.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux enterprise server= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1599Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2016-06-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-06-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (72)

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