CVE-2026-43045

CVE-2026-43045

Medium · published May 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mshv: Fix error handling in mshv_region_pin

The current error handling has two issues:

First, pin_user_pages_fast() can return a short pin count (less than

requested but greater than zero) when it cannot pin all requested pages.

This is treated as success, leading to partially pinned regions being

used, which causes memory corruption.

Second, when an error occurs mid-loop, already pinned pages from the

current batch are not properly accounted for before calling

mshv_region_invalidate_pages(), causing a page reference leak.

Treat short pins as errors and fix partial batch accounting before

cleanup.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.8th percentile
Published
2026-05-01T19:16Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.15, < 6.19.126.19.12
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
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References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:15Z
    mshv: Fix error handling in mshv_region_pin
    cvelistv5