7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-8636

Published: 22/02/2017 Updated: 17/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 642
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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Debian Bug report logs - #852556 linux-image-490-1-amd64: [Regression] Trendnet's TU-ET100C Pegasus II based LAN to USB adapter stopped to work Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <lisandro@debianorg> ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mrc in the Linux kernel before 4910 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 infinib ...