CVE-2015-5156 (GCVE-0-2015-5156)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-19 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-09-16 00:00
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