USN-3642-2: DPDK vulnerability

16 May 2018

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

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Releases

Packages

  • dpdk - set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details

USN-3642-1 fixed a vulnerability in DPDK. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 17.10.

Original advisory details:

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

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

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

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