VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8636

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references