# CVE-2022-0669: A flaw was found in dpdk.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-29 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a DPDK: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in dpdk. This flaw allows a malicious vhost-user master to attach an unexpected number of fds as ancillary data to VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD / VHOST_USER_SET_INFLIGHT_FD messages that are not closed by the vhost-user slave. By sending such messages continuously, the vhost-user master exhausts available fd in the vhost-user slave process, leading to a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a DPDK, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2055793
- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=922
- https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/af74f7db384ed149fe42b21dbd7975f8a54ef227
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0669
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0669

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