mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check The current check is incorrect; it only checks if the beginning or end of a region is within an existing region. This doesn't account for userspace specifying a region that begins before and ends after an existing region. Change the logic to a range intersection check against gfns and uaddrs for each region. Remove mshv_partition_region_by_uaddr() as it is no longer used.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.17.13, 6.18.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-68743
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Dec 2025, 12:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check The current check is incorrect; it only checks if the beginning or end of a region is within an existing region. This doesn't account for userspace specifying a region that begins before and ends after an existing region. Change the logic to a range intersection check against gfns and uaddrs for each region. Remove mshv_partition_region_by_uaddr() as it is no longer used.
osv:CVE-2025-68743
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.17.13, 6.18.2
Complete source record
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