CVE-2026-53018

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Then, Page 1 is moved from blkaddr\nB to blkaddr C, VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO was triggered in the endio initiated by\nra_data_block.\n\nThere is no need to read Page 1 again from blkaddr B, since it has already\nbeen updated. 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Then, Page 1 is moved from blkaddr\nB to blkaddr C, VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO was triggered in the endio initiated by\nra_data_block.\n\nThere is no need to read Page 1 again from blkaddr B, since it has already\nbeen updated. 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