CVE-2026-23144

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak in DAMON Sysfs Directory Setup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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