{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-46087","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-13T15:03:33.096Z","datePublished":"2026-05-27T12:58:30.611Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T17:53:23.838Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T17:53:23.838Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start()\n\nDestroy the DAMON context and reset the global pointer when damon_start()\nfails.  Otherwise, the context allocated by damon_stat_build_ctx() is\nleaked, and the stale damon_stat_context pointer will be overwritten on\nthe next enable attempt, making the old allocation permanently\nunreachable."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/damon/stat.c"],"versions":[{"version":"369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a","lessThan":"8a62c58411cbd748d7aeab0e5b0963e33ff47a7a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a","lessThan":"50bc1d7e0f3bb6932c8dc5da0907eead0790176b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"369c415e60732b7c8ed33368891581246f580d7a","lessThan":"e04ed278d25bf15769800bf6e35c6737f137186f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/damon/stat.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.27","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.4","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.27"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a62c58411cbd748d7aeab0e5b0963e33ff47a7a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50bc1d7e0f3bb6932c8dc5da0907eead0790176b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e04ed278d25bf15769800bf6e35c6737f137186f"}],"title":"mm/damon/stat: fix memory leak on damon_start() failure in damon_stat_start()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}