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CVE-2016-8636 Details

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.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/	CVE	PatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/	[email protected]	PatchTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-190	Integer Overflow or Wraparound	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 4.8, < 4.9.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 23, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]