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GHSA-6G6J-J4QF-CH65

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-19 21:32

Details

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

mshv: Fix infinite fault loop on permission-denied GPA intercepts

Prevent infinite fault loops when guests access memory regions without proper permissions. Currently, mshv_handle_gpa_intercept() attempts to remap pages for all faults on movable memory regions, regardless of whether the access type is permitted. When a guest writes to a read-only region, the remap succeeds but the region remains read-only, causing immediate re-fault and spinning the vCPU indefinitely.

Validate intercept access type against region permissions before attempting remaps. Reject writes to non-writable regions and executes to non-executable regions early, returning false to let the VMM handle the intercept appropriately.

This also closes a potential DoS vector where malicious guests could intentionally trigger these fault loops to consume host resources.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-43096 (GCVE-0-2026-43096)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 07:40 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:17

Title

mshv: Fix infinite fault loop on permission-denied GPA intercepts

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mshv: Fix infinite fault loop on permission-denied GPA intercepts Prevent infinite fault loops when guests access memory regions without proper permissions. Currently, mshv_handle_gpa_intercept() attempts to remap pages for all faults on movable memory regions, regardless of whether the access type is permitted. When a guest writes to a read-only region, the remap succeeds but the region remains read-only, causing immediate re-fault and spinning the vCPU indefinitely. Validate intercept access type against region permissions before attempting remaps. Reject writes to non-writable regions and executes to non-executable regions early, returning false to let the VMM handle the intercept appropriately. This also closes a potential DoS vector where malicious guests could intentionally trigger these fault loops to consume host resources.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02226839079ccc558…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16cbec24897624051…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b9a66cd5ccbb9fade15d0e427e19470d8ad35b75 , < 02226839079ccc558820a3b25c4c46812927b4ba (git) Affected: b9a66cd5ccbb9fade15d0e427e19470d8ad35b75 , < 16cbec24897624051b324aa3a85859c38ca65fde (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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