CVE-2015-5156
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-08-06 |
Description
The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linuxkernel 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.
See more information about CVE-2015-5156 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
CVSS v2.0 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 6.8 | Base Metrics: | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector: | Adjacent network | Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3093 | 2015-11-05 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.12.el5uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.12.el5uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el6uek) | ELSA-2015-3092 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-0855 | 2016-05-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3092 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3093 | 2015-11-05 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.12.el6uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.12.el6uek) | ELSA-2015-3094 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el7uek) | ELSA-2015-3092 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2015-1978 | 2015-11-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2015-3092 | 2015-11-04 |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0037 | 2016-03-16 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2015-0144 | 2015-11-05 |
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