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CVE-2026-46087

mm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start() Destroy the DAMON context and reset the global pointer when damon_start() fails. Otherwise, the context allocated by damon_stat_build_ctx() is leaked, and the stale damon_stat_context pointer will be overwritten on the next enable attempt, making the old allocation permanently unreachable.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a to < 8a62c58411cbd748d7aeab0e5b0963e33ff47a7aaffected
  • 369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a to < 50bc1d7e0f3bb6932c8dc5da0907eead0790176baffected
  • 369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a to < e04ed278d25bf15769800bf6e35c6737f137186faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.17affected
  • 0 to < 6.17unaffected
  • 6.18.27 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References