SUSE update for dpdk

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU101871

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11614

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Vhost library checksum offload feature. A malicious guest can forge Virtio descriptors to trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the hypervisor's vSwitch.

Mitigation

Update the affected package dpdk to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Server Applications Module: 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP6

dpdk-thunderx-devel-static: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-tools: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-examples-debuginfo: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-examples: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-doc: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-doc: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-examples-debuginfo: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-devel-static: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-examples: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 22.11.1_k6.4.0_150600.23.30-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-debugsource: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-kmp-default: before 22.11.1_k6.4.0_150600.23.30-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-devel: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-thunderx-debuginfo: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-debuginfo: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

libdpdk-23: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-tools: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

libdpdk-23-debuginfo: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-devel: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-kmp-default: before 22.11.1_k6.4.0_150600.23.30-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-debugsource: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

dpdk-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 22.11.1_k6.4.0_150600.23.30-150600.3.9.1

dpdk: before 22.11.1-150600.3.9.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:server_applications_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-devel-static:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-examples-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-examples:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-examples-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-devel-static:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-examples:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-kmp-default-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-kmp-default:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-thunderx-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libdpdk-23:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libdpdk-23-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-kmp-default:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk-kmp-default-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:dpdk:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250018-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.