DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5156

The virtnetprobe function in drivers/net/virtionet.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...

PT-2015-6787 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.2 Description: The issue is related to the virtnet probe function in the Linux kernel, which fails to properly allocate memory when supporting the FRAGLIST feature. This allows guest OS users to cause a denial...