CVE-2015-5156

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.1/10AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 19, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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