CVE-2015-5156

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Published 2015-10-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2015-5156 NameCVE-2015-5156 DescriptionThe 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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec,…

CVE-2015-5156

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-310-1, DSA-3364-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-2	fixed
	forky, sid	7.0.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	wheezy	3.2.68-1+deb7u4	DSA-3364-1
linux	source	jessie	3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4	DSA-3364-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.1.5-1
linux-2.6	source	squeeze	2.6.32-48squeeze14	DLA-310-1
linux-2.6	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=143868216724068&w=2

Home - Debian Security - Source (Git)

Apply commands

text fix

Notes

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=143868216724068&w=2

OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.1.5-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.1.5-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.1.5-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.1.5-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.1.5-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.