Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dpdk-doc package, versions <2:23.11-2.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-DPDKDOC-8617940
  • published11 Jan 2025
  • disclosed9 Jan 2025

Introduced: 9 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-11614  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 dpdk-doc to version 2:23.11-2.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:0210.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dpdk-doc package and not the dpdk-doc package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 an attacker with a malicious VM using a virtio driver to cause the vhost-user side to crash by sending a packet with a Tx checksum offload request and an invalid csum_start offset.

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