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CVE-2026-23144

mm/damon/sysfs: cleanup attrs subdirs on context dir setup failure

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.67, 6.18.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: cleanup attrs subdirs on context dir setup failure When a context DAMON sysfs directory setup is failed after setup of attrs/ directory, subdirectories of attrs/ directory are not cleaned up. As a result, DAMON sysfs interface is nearly broken until the system reboots, and the memory for the unremoved directory is leaked. Cleanup the directories under such failures.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6 · fixed in db7dfe78fc81bdd2b532d77f340fe453f2360426; From c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6 · fixed in 43964644348f6b1add3055c4a6cae8f77d892a6e; From c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6 · fixed in 5651c0c391c0029541794f9c4c9597faecfd401f; From c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6 · fixed in 78b4eb99751ebd37ceade78810bf94de80f7fb3a; From c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6 · fixed in 9814cc832b88bd040fc2a1817c2b5469d0f7e862

  • Linux Linux

    5.18

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.18.0 · fixed in 6.1.162; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.122; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.67; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.7

References 5

git.kernel.org