CVE-2016-4485: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only; version 16.04 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.5.4
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 11 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11.0 only

Published 2016-05-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.