CVE-2016-8636 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981 https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/ https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8