In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in state_show() state_show() reads kdamond->damon_ctx without holding damon_sysfs_lock. This allows a use-after-free race: CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- state_show() damon_sysfs_turn_damon_on() ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx; mutex_lock(&damon_sysfs_lock); damon_destroy_ctx(kdamond->damon_ctx); kdamond->damon_ctx = NULL; mutex_unlock(&damon_sysfs_lock); damon_is_running(ctx); /* ctx is freed */ mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock); /* UAF */ (The race can also occur with damon_sysfs_kdamonds_rm_dirs() and damon_sysfs_kdamond_release(), which free or replace the context under damon_sysfs_lock.) Fix by taking damon_sysfs_lock before dereferencing the context, mirroring the locking used in pid_show(). The bug has existed since state_show() first accessed kdamond->damon_ctx.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d29b2ac87a2989071755f9828ebf839b560d4c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3260a3f0828e06f5f13fac69fb1999a6d60d9cff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3858c44341ad49dc7544b19cc9f9ecffaa7cc50e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e87f461d61959647464a94d11ae15c011be58ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d7a3d2b985a395318faa1d88da6915fad11c19 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d29b2ac87a2989071755f9828ebf839b560d4c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3260a3f0828e06f5f13fac69fb1999a6d60d9cff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3858c44341ad49dc7544b19cc9f9ecffaa7cc50e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e87f461d61959647464a94d11ae15c011be58ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d7a3d2b985a395318faa1d88da6915fad11c19 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory