medium5.5
CVE-2026-46087
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start() Destroy the D…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start() Destroy the DAMON context and reset the global pointer when damon_start() fails. Otherwise, the context allocated by damon_stat_build_ctx() is leaked, and the stale damon_stat_context pointer will be overwritten on the next enable attempt, making the old allocation permanently unreachable.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 6.17 before 6.18.27 from 6.19 before 7.0.4 |