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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9479 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3361-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.119Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8636

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-22T16:59:00.193

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8636

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8636 - Bugzilla

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