CVE-2026-86847

Published: Oct 14, 2026Modified: Oct 20, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 4.0

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86847

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529847

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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