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CVE-2015-5156

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.4
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.221

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-2773-1) linux-image-3.2.0-92-generic_3.2.0-92.131_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2773-1) linux-image-3.2.0-92-generic_3.2.0-92.131_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2773-1) linux-image-3.2.0-92-virtual_3.2.0-92.131_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2773-1) linux-image-3.2.0-92-virtual_3.2.0-92.131_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2773-1) linux-image-3.2.0-92-generic-pae_3.2.0-92.131_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic_3.13.0-66.108~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2775-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic_3.13.0-66.108~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2776-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic_3.13.0-66.108_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2776-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic_3.13.0-66.108_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2776-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-lowlatency_3.13.0-66.108_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2776-1) linux-image-3.13.0-66-lowlatency_3.13.0-66.108_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2777-1) linux-image-3.16.0-51-generic_3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2777-1) linux-image-3.16.0-51-generic_3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2777-1) linux-image-3.16.0-51-lowlatency_3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic (USN-2777-1) linux-image-3.16.0-51-lowlatency_3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid (USN-2778-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic_3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid (USN-2778-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic_3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid (USN-2778-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-lowlatency_3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid (USN-2778-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-lowlatency_3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2779-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic_3.19.0-31.36_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2779-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic_3.19.0-31.36_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2779-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-lowlatency_3.19.0-31.36_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2779-1) linux-image-3.19.0-31-lowlatency_3.19.0-31.36_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3092) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3092) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-98.5.2.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3098) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3098) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234