CVE-2016-8636

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.

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux as they did not include the software implementation of the RDMA protocol over infiniband.

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