In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/reclaim: handle ctx allocation failure
Patch series "mm/damon/{reclaim,lru_sort}: handle ctx allocation failures".
DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT could dereference NULL pointers if their
damon_ctx object allocations fail. The bugs are expected to happen
infrequently because the allocations are arguably too small to fail on
common setups. But theoretically they are possible and the consequences
are bad. Fix those.
The issues were discovered [1] by Sashiko.
This patch (of 2):
DAMON_RECLAIM allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init
function. damon_reclaim_enabled_store() wrongly assumes the allocation
will always succeed once tried. If the damon_ctx allocation was failed,
therefore, code execution reaches to damon_commit_ctx() while 'ctx' is
NULL. As a result, it dereferences the NULL 'ctx' pointer. Avoid the
NULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
23 Jul 2026, 21:33
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Linux linux Kernel
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635b45ce61de53a9357e28ac97461428cdb650f0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66bc00ea37fa8ec14be5a3909d067a5967ef234b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2ed8a29427af534bf2cb9b8bc51762b8b6e654 - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
01 Jul 2026, 14:16
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Information
Published : 2026-07-01 14:16
Updated : 2026-07-23 21:33
NVD link : CVE-2026-53334
Mitre link : CVE-2026-53334
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53334
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference