# CVE-2025-38258: mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon\_sysfs\_scheme\_filter-\>memcg\_path on write

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write memcg_path_store() assigns a newly allocated memory buffer to filter->memcg_path, without deallocating the previously allocated and assigned memory buffer. As a result, users can leak kernel memory by continuously writing a data to memcg_path DAMOS sysfs file. Fix the leak by deallocating the previously set memory buffer.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/490a43d07f1663d827e802720d30cbc0494e4f81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5d5b0047b0c0f304608f3824139f7bd34c48413
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a158ac0538dd5695eeaa00aa0720d711f3e4ef1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f489fe6afb395dbc79840efa3c05440b760d883

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