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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-72311",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.918Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:55:27.164Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:12:16.211Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe: free madvise VMA array on L2 flush failure\n\nxe_vm_madvise_ioctl() allocates madvise_range.vmas in get_vmas().\nAfter get_vmas() succeeds with at least one VMA, error paths must go\nthrough free_vmas so the array is released before the madvise details are\ndestroyed.\n\nThe L2 flush validation path added for PAT madvise rejects some\nSVM/userptr ranges after get_vmas() has succeeded, but jumps directly to\nmadv_fini. This skips kfree(madvise_range.vmas), leaking the VMA array on\neach failed ioctl.\n\nJump to free_vmas instead, matching the other validation failure paths\nafter get_vmas() has succeeded.\n\n(cherry picked from commit c3a1c3579b1250060da73507a4acef712974c78a)"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf126747e7bff55e5ba0b1ec10fc5fce99feaed9"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14abbed336a2d1bbd726c25d148d2ec0ff928073"
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