Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43045
CVE-2026-43045
Description
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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.15,<6.19.12
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18
< 6.18.24-r1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.28-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.24-r1
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References
2News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026