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GHSA-JP52-G472-3CPX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-24 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-27 21:30

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/stat: deallocate damon_call() failure leaking damon_ctx

damon_stat_start() always allocates the module's damon_ctx object (damon_stat_context). Meanwhile, if damon_call() in the function fails, the damon_ctx object is not deallocated. Hence, if the damon_call() is failed, and the user writes Y to “enabled” again, the previously allocated damon_ctx object is leaked.

This cannot simply be fixed by deallocating the damon_ctx object when damon_call() fails. That's because damon_call() failure doesn't guarantee the kdamond main function, which accesses the damon_ctx object, is completely finished. In other words, if damon_stat_start() deallocates the damon_ctx object after damon_call() failure, the not-yet-terminated kdamond could access the freed memory (use-after-free).

Fix the leak while avoiding the use-after-free by keeping returning damon_stat_start() without deallocating the damon_ctx object after damon_call() failure, but deallocating it when the function is invoked again and the kdamond is completely terminated. If the kdamond is not yet terminated, simply return -EAGAIN, as the kdamond will soon be terminated.

The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-31652 (GCVE-0-2026-31652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 14:45 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:12

Title

mm/damon/stat: deallocate damon_call() failure leaking damon_ctx

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/stat: deallocate damon_call() failure leaking damon_ctx damon_stat_start() always allocates the module's damon_ctx object (damon_stat_context). Meanwhile, if damon_call() in the function fails, the damon_ctx object is not deallocated. Hence, if the damon_call() is failed, and the user writes Y to “enabled” again, the previously allocated damon_ctx object is leaked. This cannot simply be fixed by deallocating the damon_ctx object when damon_call() fails. That's because damon_call() failure doesn't guarantee the kdamond main function, which accesses the damon_ctx object, is completely finished. In other words, if damon_stat_start() deallocates the damon_ctx object after damon_call() failure, the not-yet-terminated kdamond could access the freed memory (use-after-free). Fix the leak while avoiding the use-after-free by keeping returning damon_stat_start() without deallocating the damon_ctx object after damon_call() failure, but deallocating it when the function is invoked again and the kdamond is completely terminated. If the kdamond is not yet terminated, simply return -EAGAIN, as the kdamond will soon be terminated. The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/447f8870b484f6596…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c92e9bf55fa049d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c04c6b47c361612b…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 405f61996d9d2e9d497cd9f6b66f41dc28d3d1d8 , < 447f8870b484f6596d7a7130e72bd0a3f1e037bb (git) Affected: 405f61996d9d2e9d497cd9f6b66f41dc28d3d1d8 , < 16c92e9bf55fa049ddb5e894dc0623dacd46a620 (git) Affected: 405f61996d9d2e9d497cd9f6b66f41dc28d3d1d8 , < 4c04c6b47c361612b1d70cec8f7a60b1482d1400 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.23 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.13 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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