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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3839: out-of-bounds read/write in vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() may lead to crash (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3839: out-of-bounds read/write in vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() may lead to crash (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/27/2022
Created
05/31/2022
Added
05/30/2022
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

A flaw was found in the vhost library in DPDK. Function vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() does not validate `msg->payload.inflight.num_queues`, possibly causing out-of-bounds memory read/write. Any software using DPDK vhost library may crash as a result of this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk
  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-dpdk-tools

References

  • CVE-2021-3839
  • RHSA-2022:8263

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