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

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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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 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.

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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

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7816-1

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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

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