Description
A flaw was found in the vhost library in DPDK. Function vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() does not validate `msg->payload.inflight.num_queues`, possibly causing out-of-bounds memory read/write. Any software using DPDK vhost library may crash as a result of this vulnerability.
Published: 2022-08-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5130-1 dpdk security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27085 A flaw was found in the vhost library in DPDK. Function vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() does not validate `msg->payload.inflight.num_queues`, possibly causing out-of-bounds memory read/write. Any software using DPDK vhost library may crash as a result of this vulnerability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5401-1 DPDK vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:09:09.623Z

Reserved: 2021-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3839

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:10.087

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:36.400

Link: CVE-2021-3839

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3839 - Bugzilla

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