# CVE-2026-68165: mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon\_set\_regions()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions() DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist. However, a few DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT allow users to set empty monitoring target regions. This could result in WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions(). For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below. # grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r) # CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y # damo start # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0 # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end # echo commit > state # dmesg [....] [ 73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 73.707552] start 0 >= end 0 [ 73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758 [...] All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the regions. Add the validation logic in the function.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71cf8a3ee1c18cfa8b88cc14bac9c2f43dd29f9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b585facbafbb5cf117b37b1c75819ac046646c27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c927b73a5694c735314ea10e7c81c07f9bd51ad7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b6f1d6d5d07855bd1bb9e64922b049062138bfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43aaddd0fa92010a68adeda7744c7cf497a1c8e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1292c0ecb1caefb8ca064a3639d5673991e8810c

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