CVE - CVE-2015-5156

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-5156	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1034045 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034045 MISC:76230 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76230 MISC:DSA-3364 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 MISC:FEDORA-2015-0253d1f070 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.html MISC:FEDORA-2015-c15f00eb95 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html MISC:RHSA-2015:1978 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html MISC:RHSA-2016:0855 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1727 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:2292 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html MISC:USN-2773-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1 MISC:USN-2774-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1 MISC:USN-2777-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39 MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html MISC:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html URL:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150701	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20150701)
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