HighFix available
KVM: arm64: Check the untrusted offset in FF-A memory share
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Check the untrusted offset in FF-A memory share Verify the offset to prevent OOB access in the hypervisor FF-A buffer in case an untrusted large enough value [U32_MAX - sizeof(struct ffa_composite_mem_region) + 1, U32_MAX] is set from the host kernel.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.6.118
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-40266
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
KVM: arm64: Check the untrusted offset in FF-A memory share
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Dec 2025, 16:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Check the untrusted offset in FF-A memory share Verify the offset to prevent OOB access in the hypervisor FF-A buffer in case an untrusted large enough value [U32_MAX - sizeof(struct ffa_composite_mem_region) + 1, U32_MAX] is set from the host kernel.
osv:CVE-2025-40266
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10
Complete source record
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