RedHat: RHSA-2022-6850:01 Important: openvswitch2.11 security update
Summary
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.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2132 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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/
Topic
An update for openvswitch2.11 is now available for Fast Datapath for RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2099475 - CVE-2022-2132 dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs