UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8636

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-8636
Downstream
USN-3361-1
Published: 22 Feb 2017, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Feb 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

References (3)