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CVE-2026-46087

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-05-27 Modified: 2026-06-25

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401

References