A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.
CVE-2019-14818
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 84.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 14, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172
- secalert@redhathttps://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14818
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULJ3C7OVBOEVDGSHYC3VCLSUHANGTFFP/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14818
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | librte-vhost18.11 (18.11.4-1ubuntu0.19.10.1) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | dpdk-0:19.11-4.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | dpdk-0:18.11.5-1.el7_8 | 2020-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | rhosp-release-0:13.0.11-1.el7ost | 2020-03-10 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-35.el8fdp | 2020-01-22 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.12-0:2.12.0-12.el8fdp | 2020-01-22 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-35.el7fdp | 2020-01-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch-0:2.9.0-124.el7fdp | 2020-01-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openvswitch2.12-0:2.12.0-12.el7fdp | 2020-01-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(9)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHBA-2020:0769MODERATE2019-11-12
RHBA-2020:0769 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0165MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:0165 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0166MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:0166 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0168MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:0168 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0171MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:0171 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0172MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:0172 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1226MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:1226 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1735MODERATE2019-11-12
RHSA-2020:1735 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4189-1LOW
DPDK vulnerability
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