CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-3839

A flaw was found in the vhost library in DPDK. Function vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() does not validate `msg->payload.inflight.num_queues`, possibly causing out-of-bounds memory read/write. Any software using DPDK vhost library may crash as a result of this vulnerability.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025882 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/6442c329b9d2ded0f44b27d2016aaba8ba5844c5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3839 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:22.03:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:22.03:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:22.03:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux_fast_datapath:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux_fast_datapath:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-08-23 04:15

Updated : 2022-08-26 07:24

NVD link : CVE-2021-3839

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3839

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787