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            "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c"
          ],
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              "version": "4f39a194d41e6b8cb61a91a7bb01b17be59a7d73",
              "versionType": "git"
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              "lessThan": "14abbed336a2d1bbd726c25d148d2ec0ff928073",
              "status": "affected",
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        },
        {
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          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c"
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "7.1"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "7.1",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.1.5",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.2",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "7.1",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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              "operator": "OR"
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "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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      "title": "drm/xe: free madvise VMA array on L2 flush failure",
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    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-72311",
    "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:55:27.164Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.918Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:12:16.211Z",
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