Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting dpdk package, versions <25.11.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-DPDK-20940088
  • published15 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2026

Introduced: 14 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-86845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (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. Session cleanup can leave a stale cached session pointer, and the data path does not check the session type before attaching it, leading to use-after-free or type confusion in the host vhost-crypto backend.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1