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CVE-2015-5156
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-10-19T10:59:02.283 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:28:34.457

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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