CVE-2026-86847

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5

Description

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Write-back chain cleanup can follow an uninitialized next pointer when mapping a guest descriptor fails, causing the host vhost-crypto process to hang or crash.

Timeline

Published:October 14th, 2026 6:19 PM

Last modified:October 14th, 2026 8:13 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-824

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86847
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529847

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute