{"cve":"CVE-2015-5156","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-19T10:59:02.283","modified":"2026-06-17T00:28:34.457","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48900cb6af4282fa0fb6ff4d72a81aa3dadb5c39","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171454.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169378.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5156","score":0.01027,"percentile":0.63635,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}