DPDK: out-of-bounds read/write in vhost_user_set_inflight_fd() may lead to crash

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

USN-2949-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...