CVE-2016-6327 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6327?

CVE-2016-6327 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write operation.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6327?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6327?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-6327 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6327 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6327, GHSA-qvj3-cmch-ph88, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6327.