CVE-2015-5156

 

Published at: - 19-10-2015 12:59

Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

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

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• RHSA-2016:0855-
• 76230-
• FEDORA-2015-c15f00eb95-
• RHSA-2015:1978-
• USN-2777-1-
• 1034045-
• FEDORA-2015-0253d1f070-
• SUSE-SU-2015:2292-
• USN-2774-1-
• USN-2773-1-
• SUSE-SU-2015:1727-
• DSA-3364-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2015-5156

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures