CVE-2015-5156 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.22% · 44.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.22%
44.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1, 5.3.0-76.72, 5.3.0-75.71
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2, 6.11.0-1016.17~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1006.6~24.04.2, 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1103.109+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1073.76+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1074.77+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.4.0-1075.79, 5.4.0-1013.14, 5.4.0-1012.13
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime5.15.0-1032.35, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1, 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1, 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-39.44, 5.4.0-24.28, 5.4.0-26.30
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1105.112, 5.4.0-1099.106, 5.4.0-1059.62
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 5.3.0-1014.16, 5.3.0-1007.8
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 6.8.1-1015.16
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.110, 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1, 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime0, 5.15.0-1073.75
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.18.0-1020.20~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1035.37, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2, 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.2, 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 0, 6.11.0-1008.8~24.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.155.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1102.111~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1098.107~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1014.16, 5.15.0-1011.12, 5.15.0-1012.13

…and 3 more

Timeline

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