USN-7178-1: DPDK vulnerability

USN-7178-1: DPDK vulnerability
19 December 2024

DPDK could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages
dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details
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.

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

Ubuntu 24.10

• dpdk - 23.11.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Ubuntu 24.04
• dpdk - 23.11-1ubuntu0.1
  Ubuntu 22.04
• dpdk - 21.11.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

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