Findings

CVE-2026-86856

A flaw was found in the DPDK nfp vDPA driver.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026

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.

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  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

  3. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-86856

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-86856

    30-day exploitation probability 0.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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.

    nvd.nist.gov

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