Findings

CVE-2026-86566

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · updated Oct 14, 2026

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A guest with runt RX descriptors can underflow the copy length in vhost enqueue, causing a denial of service in a shared vhost backend such as OVS-DPDK.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A guest with runt RX descriptors can underflow the copy length in vhost enqueue, causing a denial of service in a shared vhost backend such as OVS-DPDK.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A guest with runt RX descriptors can underflow the copy length in vhost enqueue, causing a denial of service in a shared vhost backend such as OVS-DPDK.

Sources

  • CVE.orgCVE-2026-86566

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2026-86566

    A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A guest with runt RX descriptors can underflow the copy length in vhost enqueue, causing a denial of service in a shared vhost backend such as OVS-DPDK.

    nvd.nist.gov

References