{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-53335","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.399Z","datePublished":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure\n\nDAMON_LRU_SORT allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init\nfunction.  damon_lru_sort_enabled_store() wrongly assumes the allocation\nwill always succeed once tried.  If the damon_ctx allocation was failed,\ntherefore, code execution reaches to damon_commit_ctx() while 'ctx' is\nNULL.  As a result, it dereferences the NULL 'ctx' pointer.  Avoid the\nNULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/damon/lru_sort.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c4a8e662c839ac0003e4781aa324cb2d68ed9cb1","lessThan":"6d48f15659395bf1381114f01be91bc68e0be46a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c4a8e662c839ac0003e4781aa324cb2d68ed9cb1","lessThan":"daab1996431a71f43219dcac48ecc9ad2aad3f1c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c4a8e662c839ac0003e4781aa324cb2d68ed9cb1","lessThan":"ab04340b5ae5d52c1d46b750538febcde9d889e7","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/lru_sort.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.36","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.13","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":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.36"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d48f15659395bf1381114f01be91bc68e0be46a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daab1996431a71f43219dcac48ecc9ad2aad3f1c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab04340b5ae5d52c1d46b750538febcde9d889e7"}],"title":"mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}