CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-86847

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

A guest VM can cause the host vhost-crypto process to hang or crash, resulting in denial of service for the hosted virtual machines.

Recommendation

Update DPDK to a version containing the fix for this flaw and, where possible, limit trust in descriptors supplied by guests.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS