GHSA-VV9C-R5JJ-58F9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:57 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:33
VLAI?
Details

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.

Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8636"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-02-22T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-vv9c-r5jj-58f9",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:33:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:57:32Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66"
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981"
    },
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      "url": "https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9"
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