CVE-2015-5156
CVE-2015-5156
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.
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html