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.
History

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc commit test ctx always
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-04T15:31:18.839Z

Updated: 2025-12-04T15:31:18.839Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.180Z

Link: CVE-2025-40227

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-04T16:16:15.333

Modified: 2025-12-04T17:15:08.283

Link: CVE-2025-40227

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40227 - Bugzilla