Summary
It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled the Vhost library checksum
offload feature. An malicious guest could possibly use this issue to cause
the hypervisor's vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | dpdk | 21.11.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | dpdk | 23.11-1ubuntu0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.4
Dpdk: denial of service from malicious guest on hypervisors using dpdk vhost library
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in DPDK's Vhost library checksum offload feature. This issue enables an untrusted or compromised guest to crash the hypervisor's vSwitch by forging Virtio descriptors to cause out-of-bounds reads. This flaw allows…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-11614