LOW 3.3 Microsoft

CVE-2020-14378

An integer underflow in dpdk versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5 in the `move_desc` function can lead to large amounts of CPU cycles being eaten up in a long running loop. An attacker could cause `move_desc` to get stuck in a 4,294,967,295-count iteration loop. Depending on how `vhost_crypto` is being used this could prevent other VMs or network tasks from being serviced by the busy DPDK lcore for an extended period.

Microsoft Security Update 2020-Sep: An integer underflow in dpdk versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5 in the `move_desc` function can lead to large amounts of CPU cycles being eaten up in a long running loop. An attacker could cause `move_desc` to get stuck in a 4,294,967,295-count iteration loop. Depending on how `vhost_crypto` is being used this could prevent other VMs or network tasks from being serviced by the busy DPDK lcore for an extended period.

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Published: 2020-09-08 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-21
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 was published on 2020-09-08 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 ceph 18.2.2-8 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 ceph 18.2.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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