5.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.1 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.6%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | le | 4.1.10 |
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html
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www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2773-1
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github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39