CVE-2015-5156

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5156
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-19 10:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.1 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1243852 – CVE-2015-5156 kernel: buffer overflow with fraglist larger than MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 in virtio-net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kernel-4.2.3-200.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Linux Kernel Buffer Oveflow in virtio-net GRO Fragmentation Processing Lets Remote Users Cause the Target System to Crash or Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1727-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Linux Kernel 'virtio-net' Fragmented Packets Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
USN-2777-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3364-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2773-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kernel-4.1.12-101.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2292-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2774-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
virtio-net: drop NETIF_F_FRAGLIST · torvalds/linux@48900cb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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