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.
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39 - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html - | |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html - | |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364 - | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html - | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76230 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034045 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852 - | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39 - |
Information
Published : 2015-10-19 10:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:32
NVD link : CVE-2015-5156
Mitre link : CVE-2015-5156
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5156
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer