CVE-2015-5156

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5156
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-5156.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-5156
Related
Published
2015-10-19T10:59:02Z
Modified
2024-09-11T02:00:05Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The virtnetprobe function in drivers/net/virtionet.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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}