[ALSA-2020:4806] Important: dpdk security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2020-11-03
Description:
The dpdk packages provide the Data Plane Development Kit, which is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dpdk (19.11.3). (BZ#1824905) Security Fix(es): * dpdk: librte_vhost Malicious guest could cause segfault by sending invalid Virtio descriptor (CVE-2020-10725) * dpdk: librte_vhost Integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() (CVE-2020-10722) * dpdk: librte_vhost Integer truncation in vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair() (CVE-2020-10723) * dpdk: librte_vhost VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD message flooding to result in a DoS (CVE-2020-10726) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Updated packages:
  • dpdk-19.11.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • dpdk-devel-19.11.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • dpdk-doc-19.11.3-1.el8.noarch.rpm
  • dpdk-tools-19.11.3-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.