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CVE-2026-86562: Dpdk: dpdk: control-queue descriptor double-fetch overflows host heap in dpdk vhost (vduse)

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost. A TOCTOU double-fetch of control-queue descriptors allows a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled content in the VDUSE control-queue handler.

Affected products

• Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 10: all versions
• Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8: all versions
• Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 9: all versions
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens): all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86562
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529667
• https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/commit/?id=6ec17781346e0fe4b566b6bf8f79be71f87c10e4

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