CVE-2022-2132

dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 29, 2022

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A permissive list of allowed inputs flaw was found in DPDK. This issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service triggered by sending a crafted Vhost header to DPDK.

Statement

In OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) the openvswitch rpm package is consumed from the RHEL Fast Datapath repositories, hence OCP openvswitch components are marked as "Will not fix".

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling