CVE-2016-8636
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8636
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8636.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8636
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-22T16:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Integer overflow in the memcheckrange function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write or read request involving the "RDMA protocol over infiniband" (aka Soft RoCE) technology.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189
- https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981