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mshv: Fix create memory region overlap check

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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 source

Published 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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