Intel® Ethernet 82598 and 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Denial of Service.

Summary:

Intel is releasing a driver update to mitigate a denial of service issue with the Intel® 10 Gigabit Ethernet 82598 and 82599 Controllers.

Description:

Under certain circumstances a denial of service issue is present in the Intel® 10 Gigabit Ethernet 82598 and 82599 Controllers. A knowledgeable remote malicious attacker could leverage this issue to deny service to legitimate users. This issue was reported by a business partner. Intel is releasing a driver update to mitigate this issue.

Affected products:

This advisory affects platforms that use the Intel® 82598 and 82599 Ethernet controllers, as per table below: