CVE-2016-8636

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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