Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting dpdk package, versions <25.11.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-DPDK-20940065
  • published15 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2026

Introduced: 14 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-86847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable dpdk to version 25.11.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dpdk package and not the dpdk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in DPDK lib/vhost vhost-crypto. Write-back chain cleanup can follow an uninitialized next pointer when mapping a guest descriptor fails, causing the host vhost-crypto process to hang or crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1