cve/2015/CVE-2015-8215.md

### [CVE-2015-8215](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8215)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

#### Github
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