CVE-2016-5244

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in function rds_inc_info_copy of file net/rds/recv.c. The last field "flags" of object "minfo" is not initialized. This can leak data previously at the flags location to userspace.

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 and will not be addressed in a future update.

This issue does not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Realtime and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This has been rated as having low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ .

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.