UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5156

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5156

    Published: 6 Aug 2015Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5156
    Aliases:
    USN-2773-1
    USN-2774-1
    USN-2775-1

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5156, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=143868216724068&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2774-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2776-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2775-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2777-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2773-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2778-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2779-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-66.108

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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