CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-46087

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-27 Modified 2026-06-25 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-27
Last modified
2026-06-25
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

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 configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.17 < 6.18.27) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References