RedHat: RHSA-2018-2038:01 Moderate: dpdk security,
Summary
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: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual
address translations (CVE-2018-1059)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
This issue was discovered by Maxime Coquelin (Red Hat).
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1059 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source:
dpdk-17.11-11.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
dpdk-doc-17.11-11.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
dpdk-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-debuginfo-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-devel-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
dpdk-tools-17.11-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
dpdk-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-debuginfo-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-devel-17.11-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
dpdk-tools-17.11-11.el7.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/
Topic
An update for DPDK is now available for Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1544298 - CVE-2018-1059 dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual address translations
1573912 - Backport "net/nfp: fix mbufs releasing when stop or close"