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An openvswitch2.11 security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.



RHSA-2022:6850-01: Important: openvswitch2.11 security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: openvswitch2.11 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6850-01
Product: Fast Datapath
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6850
Issue date: 2022-10-06
CVE Names: CVE-2022-2132
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1. Summary:

An update for openvswitch2.11 is now available for Fast Datapath for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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:

Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.

Security Fix(es):

* dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and
exhausts all mbufs (CVE-2022-2132)

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/):

2099475 - CVE-2022-2132 dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs

6. Package List:

Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:

Source:
openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.src.rpm

noarch:
openvswitch2.11-test-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.11-debuginfo-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm
openvswitch2.11-devel-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm
python-openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.11-debuginfo-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.s390x.rpm
openvswitch2.11-devel-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.s390x.rpm
python-openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.11-debuginfo-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm
openvswitch2.11-devel-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.x86_64.rpm
python-openvswitch2.11-2.11.3-96.2.el7fdp.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-2022-2132
  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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