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CVE-2021-3839
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-08-23T16:15:10.087 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:52.290

Summary

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.

Affected products

dpdk — data_plane_development_kit

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