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CVE-2020-10725

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a...

7.7 HighFix available

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.21%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
CVE-2020-10725
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-665
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3152 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
EUVD-2020-3152
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rccg-5mcc-m2cf 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a...

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
GHSA-rccg-5mcc-m2cf
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-665
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
CVE-2020-10725
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-665
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
CVE-2020-10725
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-10725 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10725
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2020:2295 7.7

Red Hat Security Advisory: openvswitch2.13 security, bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2020:2295
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:4806 7.7

Red Hat Security Advisory: dpdk security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2020:4806
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:1239 7.7

Red Hat Security Advisory: dpdk security update

Record
RHSA-2021:1239
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-10725 7.7

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed().

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10725
CVSS 3.1
7.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0693-1 No score

Security update for dpdk

This update for dpdk fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-10722: Fixed an integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10723: Fixed an integer truncation in vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10724: Fixed a missing inputs validation in Vhost-crypto (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10725: Fixed a segfault caused by invalid virtio descriptors sent from a malicious guest (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10726: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD message flooding (bsc#1171477).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0693-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10727-1 No score

dpdk-19.11.8-2.7 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the dpdk-19.11.8-2.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10727-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1334-1 No score

Security update for dpdk

This update for dpdk fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-10722: Fixed an integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10723: Fixed an integer truncation in vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10724: Fixed a missing inputs validation in Vhost-crypto (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10725: Fixed a segfault caused by invalid virtio descriptors sent from a malicious guest (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10726: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD message flooding (bsc#1171477).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1334-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1335-1 No score

Security update for dpdk

This update for dpdk fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-10722: Fixed an integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10723: Fixed an integer truncation in vhost_user_check_and_alloc_queue_pair() (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10724: Fixed a missing inputs validation in Vhost-crypto (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10725: Fixed a segfault caused by invalid virtio descriptors sent from a malicious guest (bsc#1171477).
  • CVE-2020-10726: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by VHOST_USER_GET_INFLIGHT_FD message flooding (bsc#1171477).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1335-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4362-1 No score

dpdk vulnerabilities

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726)

Record
USN-4362-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dpdk
Debian:12
 before 19.11.2-1
19.11.2-1
dpdk
Debian:13
 before 19.11.2-1
19.11.2-1
dpdk
Debian:14
 before 19.11.2-1
19.11.2-1
network-scripts-openvswitch2.13
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
openvswitch2.13
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
openvswitch2.13-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
openvswitch2.13-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
openvswitch2.13-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
openvswitch2.13-test
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
python3-openvswitch2.13
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
python3-openvswitch2.13-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
dpdk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-devel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:19.11.3-1.el8
0:19.11.3-1.el8
dpdk
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-devel-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-doc
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk-tools
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.2::appstream
 before 0:19.11-5.el8_2
0:19.11-5.el8_2
dpdk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk-thunderx
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk-thunderx
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk-thunderx
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-3.19.2
18.11.3-3.19.2
dpdk
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-4.6.2
18.11.3-4.6.2
dpdk
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 before 19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
18.11.2-418.11.3-118.11.4-118.11.4-1ubuntu118.11.5-119.11-2ubuntu119.11-2ubuntu219.11.1-0ubuntu1
19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1
dpdk
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2, plus listed versions
17.05.2-0ubuntu117.05.2-0ubuntu217.11-317.11-417.11-5
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17.11.1-617.11.2-1ubuntu0.117.11.3-3~ubuntu0.18.0417.11.5-0~ubuntu18.04.117.11.6-0~ubuntu18.04.117.11.8-0~ubuntu18.04.217.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.1
17.11.9-0ubuntu18.04.2
dpdk
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
18.11.2-418.11.3-118.11.4-118.11.4-1ubuntu118.11.5-119.11-2ubuntu119.11-2ubuntu219.11.1-0ubuntu1
19.11.1-0ubuntu1.1
dpdk
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 18.11.3-lp151.3.4.1
18.11.3-lp151.3.4.1
dpdk
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 19.11.8-2.7
19.11.8-2.7

History

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In short

CVE-2020-10725 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) in [unknown] Dpdk, published May 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.21%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in dpdk 19.11.2-1.

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