CVE-2015-5156

2015-08-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

6.1

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack 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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

62.0%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1484793>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-92.130UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-66.108UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchlinux< 3.19.0-31.36UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1657.79UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-66.108~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1472.93UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-92.130	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-66.108	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	linux	< 3.19.0-31.36	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1657.79	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-66.108~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-vivid	< 3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1472.93	UNKNOWN