gsd-2015-5156
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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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Aliases
CVE-2015-5156


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      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2015-5156.html",
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      "publishedDate": "2015-10-19T10:59Z"
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}


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