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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-27 | Updated 2026-05-27 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a (git) before 8a62c58411cbd748d7aeab0e5b0963e33ff47a7a
affected

369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a (git) before 50bc1d7e0f3bb6932c8dc5da0907eead0790176b
affected

369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a (git) before e04ed278d25bf15769800bf6e35c6737f137186f
affected

Default status
affected

6.17
affected

Any version before 6.17
unaffected

6.18.27 (semver)
unaffected

7.0.4 (semver)
unaffected

7.1-rc1 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/8a62c58411cbd748d7aeab0e5b0963e33ff47a7a

git.kernel.org/...c/50bc1d7e0f3bb6932c8dc5da0907eead0790176b

git.kernel.org/...c/e04ed278d25bf15769800bf6e35c6737f137186f

cve.org (CVE-2026-46087)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-46087)

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