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        "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.110Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-06-08T15:41:24.168Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T18:06:05.046Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvmalloc: fix buffer overflow in vrealloc_node_align()\n\nCommit 4c5d3365882d (\"mm/vmalloc: allow to set node and align in\nvrealloc\") added the ability to force a new allocation if the current\npointer is on the wrong NUMA node, or if an alignment constraint is not\nmet, even if the user is shrinking the allocation.\n\nOn this path (need_realloc), the code allocates a new object of 'size'\nbytes and then memcpy()s 'old_size' bytes into it.  If the request is to\nshrink the object (size < old_size), this results in an out-of-bounds\nwrite on the new buffer.\n\nFix this by bounding the copy length by the new allocation size."
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