CVE-2026-46113
published 2026-05-28CVE-2026-46113: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN The shadow MMU computes…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
The shadow MMU computes GFNs for direct shadow pages using sp->gfn plus
the SPTE index. This assumption breaks for shadow paging if the guest
page tables are modified between VM entries (similar to commit
aad885e77496, "KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even
when creating an MMIO SPTE", 2026-03-27). The flow is as follows:
- a PDE is installed for a 2MB mapping, and a page in that area is
accessed. KVM creates a kvm_mmu_page consisting of 512 4KB pages;
the kvm_mmu_page is marked by FNAME(fetch) as direct-mapped because
the guest's mapping is a huge page (and thus contiguous).
- the PDE mapping is changed from outside the guest.
- the guest accesses another page in the same 2MB area. KVM installs
a new leaf SPTE and rmap entry; the SPTE uses the "correct" GFN
(i.e. based on the new mapping, as changed in the previous step) but
that GFN is outside of the [sp->gfn, sp->gfn + 511] range; therefore
the rmap entry cannot be found and removed when the kvm_mmu_page
is zapped.
- the memslot that covers the first 2MB mapping is deleted, and the
kvm_mmu_page for the now-invalid GPA is zapped. However, rmap_remove()
only looks at the [sp->gfn, sp->gfn + 511] range established in step 1,
and fails to find the rmap entry that was recorded by step 3.
- any operation that causes an rmap walk for the same page accessed
by step 3 then walks a stale rmap and dereferences a freed kvm_mmu_page.
This includes dirty logging or MMU notifier invalidations (e.g., from
MADV_DONTNEED).
The underlying issue is that KVM's walking of shadow PTEs assumes that
if a SPTE is present when KVM wants to install a non-leaf SPTE, then the
existing kvm_mmu_page must be for the correct gfn. Because the only way
for the gfn to be wrong is if KVM messed up and failed to zap a SPTE...
which shouldn't happen, but *actually* only happens in response to a
guest w
Affected
42 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < e9d4ea13aa2b6400bb10ec64b370ba3dadcd22f0 | e9d4ea13aa2b6400bb10ec64b370ba3dadcd22f0 |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < 488e386484ec8c0e558be6e156edf34ed9f4d5c8 | 488e386484ec8c0e558be6e156edf34ed9f4d5c8 |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < 06c19c967b845b63172601fe459667d973b7e6b7 | 06c19c967b845b63172601fe459667d973b7e6b7 |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < 738ec97b1855df6c08fe2369f798fa0b972e556b | 738ec97b1855df6c08fe2369f798fa0b972e556b |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < 14d1e55dfd2cf4711bff164a6aaaddb783552134 | 14d1e55dfd2cf4711bff164a6aaaddb783552134 |
| linux | linux | >= 6aa8b732ca01c3d7a54e93f4d701b8aabbe60fb7 < 0cb2af2ea66ad8ff195c156ea690f11216285bdf | 0cb2af2ea66ad8ff195c156ea690f11216285bdf |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.20 < 6.1.175 | 6.1.175 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13 < 6.18.30 | 6.18.30 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19 < 7.0.7 | 7.0.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2 < 6.6.140 | 6.6.140 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7 < 6.12.88 | 6.12.88 |
| ubuntu | linux | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-aws | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-6.8 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-fde | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gcp | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gcp-6.8 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_ubuntu7.0HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
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Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- x86 platform drivers;
- Cryptographic API;
- PSP security protocol;
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- User-Mode Linux (UML);
- x86 archit
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Title: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A l
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Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
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CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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Title: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- x86 platfor
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
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Title: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A l
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
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CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local a
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-23·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A loca
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vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-23·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-43129 [LOW] Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A loca
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-23·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2026-64107 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- x86 platform drivers;
- PSP security protocol;
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- User-Mode Linux (UML);
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-23·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacke
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-21·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A lo
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-20·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2026-46108 [HIGH] Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- PSP security protocol;
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- User-Mode Linux (UML);
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Intel NPU Driver;
- DRBD D
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-20·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page
fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as Dirty
Frag. A logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TC
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-20·CVSS 2.0
CVE-2026-46073 [LOW] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacke
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-07-20·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2026-46113 [HIGH] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- PSP security protocol;
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- User-Mode Linux (UML);
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Intel NPU Driver;
- DRBD Distrib
Red Hat
kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
vendor_redhat·2026-05-28·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-46113 [MEDIUM] CWE-825 kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) x86 shadow paging mechanism. This use-after-free vulnerability arises from incorrect handling of Guest Frame Numbers (GFNs) when guest page tables are modified. A local attacker with control over a guest virtual machine could exploit this to dereference freed memory, potentially leading to information disclosure, privilege escalation, or a denial of service (DoS).
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10) - Fix deferred
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 7.1-rc2 rmap_remove use after free (Nessus ID 321065)
vuldb·2026-06-14·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2026-46113 [HIGH] Linux Kernel up to 7.1-rc2 rmap_remove use after free (Nessus ID 321065)
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.139/6.12.87/6.18.29/7.0.6/7.1-rc2. This issue affects the function rmap_remove. This manipulation causes use after free.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46113. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is not any exploit available.
It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
GHSA
GHSA-gcf3-9g28-gv44: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
The shadow MMU
ghsa_unreviewed·2026-05-28
CVE-2026-46113 GHSA-gcf3-9g28-gv44: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
The shadow MMU
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
The shadow MMU computes GFNs for direct shadow pages using sp->gfn plus
the SPTE index. This assumption breaks for shadow paging if the guest
page tables are modified between VM entries (similar to commit
aad885e77496, "KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even
when creating an MMIO SPTE", 2026-03-27). The flow is as follows:
- a PDE is installed for a 2MB mapping, and a page in that area is
accessed. KVM creates a kvm_mmu_page consisting of 512 4KB pages;
the kvm_mmu_page is marked by FNAME(fetch) as direct-mapped because
the guest's mapping is a huge page (and thus contiguous).
- the PDE mapping is changed from outside the guest.
- the guest ac
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Hackernews
16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems
blogs_hackernews·2026-07-06
CVE-2026-53359 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems
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## 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems
A use-after-free bug in Linux's KVM hypervisor can be triggered from a guest virtual machine to corrupt the shadow-page state of the host kernel that runs it.
Dubbed ' Januscape ' and tracked as CVE-2026-53359 , the flaw sits in the shadow MMU code that KVM shares across both Intel and AMD. The public proof-of-concept panics the host; the researcher claims that a separate, unreleased exploit turns the same bug into full host code execution.
Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel) found and reported the bug. He described Januscape as the f
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-46113 kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
bugzilla·2026-05-28
CVE-2026-46113 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-46113 kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
CVE-2026-46113 kernel: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN
The shadow MMU computes GFNs for direct shadow pages using sp->gfn plus
the SPTE index. This assumption breaks for shadow paging if the guest
page tables are modified between VM entries (similar to commit
aad885e77496, "KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even
when creating an MMIO SPTE", 2026-03-27). The flow is as follows:
- a PDE is installed for a 2MB mapping, and a page in that area is
accessed. KVM creates a kvm_mmu_page consisting of 512 4KB pages;
the kvm_mmu_page is marked by FNAME(fetch) as direct-mapped because
the guest's mapping is a huge page (an
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c19c967b845b63172601fe459667d973b7e6b7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cb2af2ea66ad8ff195c156ea690f11216285bdfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d1e55dfd2cf4711bff164a6aaaddb783552134https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488e386484ec8c0e558be6e156edf34ed9f4d5c8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738ec97b1855df6c08fe2369f798fa0b972e556bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9d4ea13aa2b6400bb10ec64b370ba3dadcd22f0
2026-05-28
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