# CVE-2026-53335: mm/damon/lru\_sort: handle ctx allocation failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure DAMON_LRU_SORT allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init function. damon_lru_sort_enabled_store() wrongly assumes the allocation will always succeed once tried. If the damon_ctx allocation was failed, therefore, code execution reaches to damon_commit_ctx() while 'ctx' is NULL. As a result, it dereferences the NULL 'ctx' pointer. Avoid the NULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d48f15659395bf1381114f01be91bc68e0be46a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daab1996431a71f43219dcac48ecc9ad2aad3f1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab04340b5ae5d52c1d46b750538febcde9d889e7

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