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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: s390: pci: Fix handling of AIF enable without AISB\n\nWhen a guest seeks to register IRQs without a summary bit specified,\nensure that the associated GAITE then stores 0 for the guest AISB\nlocation instead of virt_to_phys(page_address(NULL))."
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