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A dpdk security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise 8.2.



RHSA-2021:1239-01: Important: dpdk security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: dpdk security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1239-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1239
Issue date: 2021-04-19
CVE Names: CVE-2020-10725
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1. Summary:

An update for dpdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

3. Description:

The dpdk packages provide the Data Plane Development Kit, which is a set of
libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space.

Security Fix(es):

* dpdk: librte_vhost Malicious guest could cause segfault by sending
invalid Virtio descriptor (CVE-2020-10725)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1828894 - CVE-2020-10725 dpdk: librte_vhost Malicious guest could cause segfault by sending invalid Virtio descriptor

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2):

Source:
dpdk-19.11-5.el8_2.src.rpm

aarch64:
dpdk-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
dpdk-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
dpdk-debugsource-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
dpdk-devel-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
dpdk-devel-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
dpdk-tools-19.11-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
dpdk-doc-19.11-5.el8_2.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
dpdk-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-debugsource-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-devel-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-devel-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-tools-19.11-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
dpdk-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-debugsource-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-devel-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-devel-debuginfo-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-tools-19.11-5.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10725
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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