CVE-2015-5156 | Mend Vulnerability Database

Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2015-5156

CVE-2015-5156

Published:October 19, 2015

Updated:May 17, 2026

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.

Related Resources (20)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2774-1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76230

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5156

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html