CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53335

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the mm/damon/lru_sort module has a vulnerability due to missing error handling for context allocation. The damon_lru_sort_enabled_store() function assumes allocation always succeeds, leading to a NULL pointer dereference on failure.

Risk Assessment

Risk of kernel panic when enabling DAMON_LRU_SORT under low memory conditions, potentially disrupting system operation.

Recommendation

Apply Linux kernel patches that include proper error handling for allocation failures and monitor memory availability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure DAMON_LRU_SORT allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init function. damon_lru_sort_enabled_store() wrongly assumes the allocation will always succeed once tried. If the damon_ctx allocation was failed, therefore, code execution reaches to damon_commit_ctx() while 'ctx' is NULL. As a result, it dereferences the NULL 'ctx' pointer. Avoid the NULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL.

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