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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()\n\nOn the ttm_bo_reserve() failure and \"vma not found\" error paths, the\nloop breaks without adding the looked-up object to any validate list,\nso the reference taken by drm_gem_object_lookup() is never released;\nvalidate_fini() only walks the spliced lists.  Drop the reference\nbefore breaking out on both paths.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98514",
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  "published": "2026-10-18T15:17:30.612Z",
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  "summary": "drm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()"
}