# CVE-2026-31653: mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc repeat\_call\_control if damon\_call() fails

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc repeat_call_control if damon_call() fails damon_call() for repeat_call_control of DAMON_SYSFS could fail if somehow the kdamond is stopped before the damon_call(). It could happen, for example, when te damon context was made for monitroing of a virtual address processes, and the process is terminated immediately, before the damon_call() invocation. In the case, the dyanmically allocated repeat_call_control is not deallocated and leaked. Fix the leak by deallocating the repeat_call_control under the damon_call() failure. This issue is discovered by sashiko [1].

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9dadf026a9fb681ed32a0646adc10ab485bf3b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0655f5cf1735508394ef8af98ddcfab3ac1c1cc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0199390a6b92fc21860e1b858abf525c7e73b956

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