CVE-2026-53335

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure DAMON_LRU_SORT allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init function. damon_lru_sort_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.

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d48f15659395bf1381114f01be91bc68e0be46a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab04340b5ae5d52c1d46b750538febcde9d889e7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daab1996431a71f43219dcac48ecc9ad2aad3f1c

Configurations

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History

01 Jul 2026, 14:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-01 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 15:26

NVD link : CVE-2026-53335

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53335

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53335

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Products Affected

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CWE

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