Answer in brief
CVE-2026-86856 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Dpdk: dpdk: stack and heap buffer overflow in nfp vdpa driver. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/dpdk (generic), Red Hat/grout (generic), Red Hat/openvswitch (generic), Red Hat/openvswitch2.11 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/dpdk (generic), Red Hat/grout (generic), Red Hat/openvswitch (generic), Red Hat/openvswitch2.11 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/dpdkgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/groutgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitchgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.11generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.12generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.13generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.15generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.16generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch2.17generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.0generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.1generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.2generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.3generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.4generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.5generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openvswitch3.6generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 14, 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.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.