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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-80697",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-26T14:34:25.786Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-28T06:53:02.236Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-28T12:08:17.218Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: ensure valid f_path for page cache sharing\n\nPreviously, backing files for page cache sharing were set up with\nf_path left as NULL (only f_inode was valid).  It worked, but a recent\nmincore fix relies on f_path.mnt and crashes (found by \"erofs/028\" on\n7.2-rc4):\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 675528 Comm: fincore Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4-00002-g[]-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.16.0-4.al8 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:__do_sys_mincore+0xc0/0x2c0\n ...\n\nSpecify valid paths using valid disconnected dentries together with\nerofs_ishare_mnt instead of leaving f_path empty, so they are more\nlike real backing files in a pseudo filesystem and standard\nbacking_file_open() can be used directly."
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