CVE-2026-100236 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on October 14, 2026
Dpdk: dpdk: heap out-of-bounds read/write in gso header copy
A flaw was found in the DPDK GSO library. When software GSO copies packet headers into a new mbuf, it does not check that the header fits in the source first segment or in the destination buffer, and a header longer than the configured GSO segment size can underflow the payload-size calculation. A remote or guest-supplied packet processed with software GSO can trigger an out-of-bounds read or write.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-100236 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 19 days later.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2026-100236 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-100236
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Affected Versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10:- Version 2:25.11-2.el10_2 and below * is unaffected.