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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-89556",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.724Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-11T19:44:29.080Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:48:49.102Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmodule: validate string table section types\n\nIn elf_validity_cache_sechdrs, section sizes and offsets are validated,\nunless the section type is SHT_NULL or SHT_NOBITS.\n\nLater, elf_validity_cache_secstrings and elf_validity_cache_index_str\naccess the section name table (.shstrtab) and symbol string table\n(.strtab) headers without first ensuring that their types are\nSHT_STRTAB. If a section type is SHT_NULL or SHT_NOBITS, sh_offset has\nnot been validated and may reference out-of-bounds memory when\ndereferenced in elf_validity_cache_secstrings or\nelf_validity_cache_strtab.\n\nValidate that both string section headers are of type SHT_STRTAB before\ncaching them."
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