VYPR
High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4580

CVE-2016-4580

Description

The x25_negotiate_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call Request.

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