Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,154
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,154

Ubuntu 25.04: DPDK Important Denial of Service CVE-2025-23259

ubuntu
Calendar Grey October 9, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical update for Ubuntu DPDK addresses a potential crash caused by crafted network traffic, ensuring system stability.
DPDK could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

DPDK could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- dpdk: set of libraries for fast packet processing

Details:

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled the mlx5 Ethernet poll mode

driver. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive

information, or cause the network interface to crash, resulting in a denial

of service.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important network issue dpdk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
   dpdk                            24.11.2-0ubuntu0.25.04.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   dpdk                            23.11.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   dpdk                            21.11.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7816-1

CVE-2025-23259

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7816-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important network issue dpdk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/24.11.2-0ubuntu0.25.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/23.11.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/21.11.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here