CVE-2015-8215

Name	CVE-2015-8215
Description	net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.0 does not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.304-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.209-2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.205-2	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.76-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.85-1	fixed
	trixie	6.6.15-2	fixed
	sid	6.7.9-2	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)	4.0.2-1
linux-2.6	source	squeeze	2.6.32-48squeeze14	DLA-310-1
linux-2.6	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

Patch for the kernel to harden against invalid MTUs: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/351269
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77751427a1ff25b27d47a4c36b12c3c8667855ac (v4.0-rc3)