CVE-2026-86856

A flaw was found in the DPDK nfp vDPA driver. Stack and heap buffers sized for a single queue pair can be overflowed when more virtqueues are configured, leading to a host crash or memory corruption.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86856
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529897

Configurations

No configuration.

History

14 Oct 2026, 18:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-14 18:19

Updated : 2026-10-14 20:13

NVD link : CVE-2026-86856

Mitre link : CVE-2026-86856

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-86856

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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