NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause denial of service

CVE-2016-6327 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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