CVE-2016-6327
kernel: infiniband: Kernel crash by sending ABORT_TASK command
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 19, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
System using the infiniband support module ib_srpt were vulnerable to a denial of service by system crash by a local attacker who is able to abort writes to a device using this initiator.
Statement
This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2 kernels and will be addressed in a future update. This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 systems.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference