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CVE-2026-23142

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 DA…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.18 before 6.1.162
from 6.2 before 6.6.122
from 6.7 before 6.12.67
from 6.13 before 6.18.7
Version 6.19

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