Back

CRITICAL

kernel: CXGB3: Logic bug in return code handling prematurely frees key structures causing Use after free or kernel panic.

Published Apr 27, 2016

Description

drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted packets.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and realtime kernels and may be addressed in a future update. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 . For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Weaknesses (1)

References (39)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 27, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 11, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Feb 11, 2016
ENISA EUVD
Assigner n/a
Published n/a
Updated n/a
Exploited since n/a
Link n/a