A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function `virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed()`.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade dpdkUpgrade dpdk-develUpgrade dpdk-docUpgrade dpdk-tools | May 4, 2022 | May 20, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openvswitch2.13-develUpgrade openvswitch2.13-debugsourceUpgrade dpdk-devel-debuginfoUpgrade dpdk-develUpgrade dpdk-debugsourceUpgrade openvswitch2.13Upgrade openvswitch2.13-testUpgrade network-scripts-openvswitch2.13Upgrade python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfoUpgrade openvswitch2.13-debuginfoUpgrade dpdk-docUpgrade dpdk-toolsUpgrade dpdk-debuginfoUpgrade python3-openvswitch2.13Upgrade dpdk | May 27, 2020 | May 20, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dpdk | Jul 30, 2024 | May 20, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade dpdkUpgrade dpdk-docUpgrade dpdk-toolsUpgrade dpdk-devel | Nov 14, 2020 | May 18, 2020 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade redhat-coreos | Dec 29, 2020 | May 20, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade dpdk-devel-debuginfoUpgrade dpdk-develUpgrade dpdk-debugsourceUpgrade dpdk-toolsUpgrade dpdkUpgrade dpdk-docUpgrade dpdk-debuginfo | May 27, 2020 | May 20, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dpdk-kmp-defaultUpgrade dpdkUpgrade dpdk-thunderx-develUpgrade dpdk-docUpgrade libdpdk-20_0Upgrade dpdk-thunderxUpgrade dpdk-toolsUpgrade dpdk-examplesUpgrade dpdk-thunderx-kmp-defaultUpgrade libdpdk-18_11Upgrade dpdk-devel | May 20, 2020 | May 18, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade dpdk | May 19, 2020 | May 18, 2020 |
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