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CVE-2016-8636 (GCVE-0-2016-8636)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
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Summary
Integer overflow in the mem_check_range 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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-02-11 00:00
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