This update for dpdk to version 16.11.8 provides the following security fix:
- CVE-2018-1059: restrict untrusted guest to misuse virtio to corrupt host application (ovs-dpdk) memory which could have lead all VM to lose connectivity (bsc#1089638)
and following non-security fixes:
- Enable the broadcom chipset family Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM57810 (bsc#1073363)
- Fix a latency problem by using cond_resched rather than schedule_timeout_interruptible (bsc#1069601)
- Fix a syntax error affecting csh environment configuration (bsc#1102310)
- Fixes in net/bnxt:
* Fix HW Tx checksum offload check
* Fix incorrect IO address handling in Tx
* Fix Rx ring count limitation
* Check access denied for HWRM commands
* Fix RETA size
* Fix close operation
- Fixes in eal/linux:
* Fix an invalid syntax in interrupts
* Fix return codes on thread naming failure
- Fixes in kni:
* Fix crash with null name
* Fix build with gcc 8.1
- Fixes in net/thunderx:
* Fix build with gcc optimization on
* Avoid sq door bell write on zero packet
- net/bonding: Fix MAC address reset
- vhost: Fix missing increment of log cache count
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.
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Submitted by
Nirmoy Das (ndas)