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SUSE: 2018:1492-1 Moderate: dpdk-thunderxdpdk Guest Memory Exposure

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2018
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New release for dpdk-thunderxdpdk resolves a noted security vulnerability aimed at reducing risks of unauthorized guest memory access.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-1059: The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable. (bsc#1089638). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1017=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1017=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update SUSE dpdk guest memory exposure

References

#1089638

Cross- CVE-2018-1059

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1059.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089638

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1492-1
Rating: moderate

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