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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
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              "version": "6.18.45",
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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.2",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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        {
          "nodes": [
            {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.9",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfs: handle NULL b_addr in xfs_buf_free\n\nWhen xfs_buf_alloc_backing_mem() fails, xfs_buf_free() is called with\nbp-\u003eb_addr still NULL.  The code falls through to the folio_put path\nwhich calls virt_to_folio(NULL), dereferencing an invalid address and\ncausing a kernel crash.\n\n Call Trace:\n  xfs_buf_free+0x25f/0x510\n  xfs_buf_alloc+0xc98/0x19b0\n  xfs_buf_find_insert+0x55/0x14d0\n  xfs_buf_get_map+0x122b/0x17c0\n  xfbtree_init_leaf_block+0x11c/0x4a0\n  xfbtree_init+0x1bb/0x460\n  xrep_rmap_setup_scan+0x100/0x1f0\n  xrep_rmapbt+0x41/0xc0\n\nFix this by skipping folio_put() when bp-\u003eb_addr is NULL."
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d852729c5f4f830fbe7413df032e29459b3daf83"
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    "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.929Z",
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