# CVE-2024-11614: Dpdk: denial of service from malicious guest on hypervisors using dpdk vhost library > A malicious guest VM can crash the hypervisor's vSwitch by sending crafted packets with invalid checksum offsets, causing an out-of-bounds read. - **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 18 Dec 2024 - **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025 - **Also known as:** ALSA-2025:0210, ALSA-2025:0222, AZL-54455, CLSA-2025-1762538077, CLSA-2026-1791386541, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11614, DSA-5833-1, GHSA-hc38-wh54-qgvx, OESA-2024-2599, OESA-2025-1001, OESA-2025-1002, OESA-2025-1003, OESA-2025-1029, RHSA-2025:0208, RHSA-2025:0209, RHSA-2025:0210, RHSA-2025:0211, RHSA-2025:0220, RHSA-2025:0221, RHSA-2025:0222, RHSA-2025:3963, RHSA-2025:3964, RHSA-2025:3965, RHSA-2025:3970, RLSA-2025:0210, RLSA-2025:0222, SUSE-SU-2025:0018-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-11614, USN-7178-1, openSUSE-SU-2025:14631-1 ## What is CVE-2024-11614? CVE-2024-11614 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 7, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in DPDK's Vhost library checksum offload feature. This issue enables an untrusted or compromised guest to crash the hypervisor's vSwitch by forging Virtio descriptors to cause out-of-bounds reads. This flaw allows an attacker with a malicious VM using a virtio driver to cause the vhost-user side to crash by sending a packet with a Tx checksum offload request and an invalid csum_start offset. Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11614? | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `dpdk` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-devel` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-doc` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-tools` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-devel` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-doc` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-tools` | AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-doc` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-tools` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `dpdk-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crb | All versions | 0:23.11-2.el8_10 | | `network-scripts-openvswitch3.1` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-ipsec` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-test` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `python3-openvswitch3.1` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `python3-openvswitch3.1-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-159.el8fdp | | `dpdk` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-doc` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `dpdk-tools` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 2:23.11-2.el9_5 | | `openvswitch3.1` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-ipsec` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.1-test` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.1.0-149.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.3` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.3.0-92.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.3-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.3.0-92.el9fdp | | `openvswitch3.3-debugsource` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath | All versions | 0:3.3.0-92.el9fdp | ## How do I fix CVE-2024-11614? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2024-11614 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11614 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11614 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-11614 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 7, published on 18 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11614 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 7. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11614/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11614/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11614 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11614 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11614 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11614/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.