CVE-2026-23144
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Memory Leak in DAMON Sysfs Directory Setup
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: cleanup attrs subdirs on context dir setup failure When a context DAMON sysfs directory setup is failed after setup of attrs/ directory, subdirectories of attrs/ 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
Core References
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