CVE-2015-5156
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Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html
References (18)
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