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CVE-2015-5156
Published: Oct 19, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 attempts to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SU-2015:2292
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:0855
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-3364
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
SUSE-SU-2015:1727
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2015:1978
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
FEDORA-2015-0253d1f070
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
76230
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-2774-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2773-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2015-c15f00eb95
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
1034045
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-2777-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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