In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/core: handle region split failure in apply_min_nr_regions()
damon_apply_min_nr_regions() repeatedly split each region until its size
becomes small enough to meet the user-defined low limit of the number of
regions. The loop assumes the split operation (damon_split_region_at())
will always succeed and create the new region. But the operation could
silently fail for memory allocation failures, for example.
If such failure happens and the region was the last region, the linked
list-based next region fetching returns invalid pointer. As a result,
invalid memory dereference and corruption could happen. Even if the
corner case is handled, it imposes stress to the allocator by trying split
regions for other targets. Fix the issue by breaking all the loops for
any region split failure.
This means there could be a min_nr_regions violation. It will only rarely
happen since the allocation is arguably too small to fail. Even if it
happens, it is only temporal. damon_apply_min_nr_regions() will be called
again after the aggregation interval.
The user impact of the issue should be minor, since the allocation is
arguably too small to fail. But, it could still theoretically happen, and
the consequence is very bad.
This issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
mm/damon/core: handle region split failure in apply_min_nr_regions()
damon_apply_min_nr_regions() repeatedly split each region until its size
becomes small enough to meet the user-defined low limit of the number of
regions. The loop assumes the split operation (damon_split_region_at())
will always succeed and create the new region. But the operation could
silently fail for memory allocation failures, for example.
If such failure happens and the region was the last region, the linked
list-based next region fetching returns invalid pointer. As a result,
invalid memory dereference and corruption could happen. Even if the
corner case is handled, it imposes stress to the allocator by trying split
regions for other targets. Fix the issue by breaking all the loops for
any region split failure.
This means there could be a min_nr_regions violation. It will only rarely
happen since the allocation is arguably too small to fail. Even if it
happens, it is only temporal. damon_apply_min_nr_regions() will be called
again after the aggregation interval.
The user impact of the issue should be minor, since the allocation is
arguably too small to fail. But, it could still theoretically happen, and
the consequence is very bad.
This issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: handle region split failure in apply_min_nr_regions() damon_apply_min_nr_regions() repeatedly split each region until its size becomes small enough to meet the user-defined low limit of the number of regions. The loop assumes the split operation (damon_split_region_at()) will always succeed and create the new region. But the operation could silently fail for memory allocation failures, for example. If such failure happens and the region was the last region, the linked list-based next region fetching returns invalid pointer. As a result, invalid memory dereference and corruption could happen. Even if the corner case is handled, it imposes stress to the allocator by trying split regions for other targets. Fix the issue by breaking all the loops for any region split failure. This means there could be a min_nr_regions violation. It will only rarely happen since the allocation is arguably too small to fail. Even if it happens, it is only temporal. damon_apply_min_nr_regions() will be called again after the aggregation interval. The user impact of the issue should be minor, since the allocation is arguably too small to fail. But, it could still theoretically happen, and the consequence is very bad. This issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko. | |
| Title | mm/damon/core: handle region split failure in apply_min_nr_regions() | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T10:33:14.085Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.780Z
Link: CVE-2026-90004
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T11:17:12.997
Modified: 2026-09-16T11:17:12.997
Link: CVE-2026-90004
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