A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. Memory size is not adequately validated before mmap during vhost memory-region setup, which can lead to a host crash or memory corruption.

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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. Memory size is not adequately validated before mmap during vhost memory-region setup, which can lead to a host crash or memory corruption.
Title Dpdk: dpdk: missing memory size validation before mmap in vhost memory region setup
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:13
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Redhat openstack
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T16:08:31.539Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T02:56:12.292Z

Link: CVE-2026-86561

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T16:17:54.613

Modified: 2026-10-14T17:20:05.257

Link: CVE-2026-86561

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