# CVE-2025-39916: mm/damon/reclaim: avoid divide-by-zero in damon\_reclaim\_apply\_parameters()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.0.12, fixed in 6.1
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/reclaim: avoid divide-by-zero in damon_reclaim_apply_parameters() When creating a new scheme of DAMON_RECLAIM, the calculation of 'min_age_region' uses 'aggr_interval' as the divisor, which may lead to division-by-zero errors. Fix it by directly returning -EINVAL when such a case occurs.

## 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/64dc351e58271c1e9005e42f5216b4f3d7a39b66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe0415156fbde773b31f920201cb70b1f0e40fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d6eeb3c683c777ed4538eb3a650bb7da17a7cff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40cb9b38b645126fdd1d6aa3d6811a8ad50ddfa1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b543ca9806d7bced863f43020e016ee996c057

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