vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-8636): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/22/2017
Added
07/21/2017
Modified
01/23/2025

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.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
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