CVE-2026-23142

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Memory Leak in DAMON Sysfs Access Pattern Directory Setup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs-scheme: cleanup access_pattern subdirs on scheme dir setup failure When a DAMOS-scheme DAMON sysfs directory setup fails after setup of access_pattern/ directory, subdirectories of access_pattern/ directory are not cleaned up. As a result, DAMON sysfs interface is nearly broken until the system reboots, and the memory for the unremoved directory is leaked. Cleanup the directories under such failures.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.162linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.122linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.67linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.162 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.67 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.7 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
... and 8 more
Published Feb 14, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026