VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-5156

CVE-2015-5156

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 products

72

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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