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    "id": "CVE-2026-68480",
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    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection\n\nAn attacker injecting interrupts while the Safe-RET mitigation executes\non machines affected by SRSO can neutralize the safe return sequence,\npotentially leading to data leakage through speculative execution.\n\nFixup register state as if the Safe-RET sequence executed successfully\nby \"emulating\" it, in a manner of speaking, and avoid executing a RET\ninstruction after returning from the interrupt.",
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