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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T06:32:32.727Z
Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-5156

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-10-19T10:59:02.283
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-5156
