CVE-2016-8636

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8636
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-22T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-17T21:07:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.9.9
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/cve-publication-cve-2016-8636/ Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421981 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/11/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.10 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=647bf3d8a8e5777319da92af672289b2a6c4dc66 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96189
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8636
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8636
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:47:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:12:45 2017-02-22T16:59Z 2017-02-22T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:45 2017-03-01T02:59:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:12:45 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-12 05:06:18 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-17 22:07:45 2023-01-17T21:07:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-17 22:07:45 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated