CVE

Id
82433  
CVE No.
CVE-2015-5156  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20150701)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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