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mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc commit test ctx always
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc commit test ctx always The damon_ctx for testing online DAMON parameters commit inputs is deallocated only when the test fails. This means memory is leaked for every successful online DAMON parameters commit. Fix the leak by always deallocating it.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.17.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-40227
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 16:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc commit test ctx always
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Dec 2025, 15:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc commit test ctx always The damon_ctx for testing online DAMON parameters commit inputs is deallocated only when the test fails. This means memory is leaked for every successful online DAMON parameters commit. Fix the leak by always deallocating it.
osv:CVE-2025-40227
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.17.6
Complete source record
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