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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfs: Fix folio_queue ENOMEM in writeback by adding a mempool\n\nFix the handling of folio_queue allocation failure in writeback by adding a\nmempool and passing in gfp_t flags to the rolling buffer functions that\nallocate memory, using the mempool if gfp != GFP_KERNEL.\n\nThis is then extended upwards and the gfp to be used for a request is stored\nin the netfs_io_request struct and is then used for both requests and\nsubrequests, eliminating the sleeping loops there.\n\nThe failure caused:\n\n    folio != NULL\n    WARNING: fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603 at netfs_writepages+0x883/0xa10 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603, CPU#3: syz.0.17/5919"
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