USN-3642-1: DPDK vulnerability

Publication date

9 May 2018

Overview

DPDK could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases


Packages

  • dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details

Maxime Coquelin discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled guest physical
ranges. A malicious guest could use this issue to possibly access sensitive
information.

Maxime Coquelin discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled guest physical
ranges. A malicious guest could use this issue to possibly access sensitive
information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic dpdk –  17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1

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