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mm/damon/core: fix damon_call() vs kdamond_fn() exit race

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated Jun 14, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/core: fix damon_call() vs kdamond_fn() exit race

Patch series "mm/damon/core: fix damon_call()/damos_walk() vs kdmond exit
race".

damon_call() and damos_walk() can leak memory and/or deadlock when they
race with kdamond terminations. Fix those.

This patch (of 2);

When kdamond_fn() main loop is finished, the function cancels all
remaining damon_call() requests and unset the damon_ctx->kdamond so that
API callers and API functions themselves can know the context is
terminated. damon_call() adds the caller's request to the queue first.
After that, it shows if the kdamond of the damon_ctx is still running
(damon_ctx->kdamond is set). Only if the kdamond is running, damon_call()
starts waiting for the kdamond's handling of the newly added request.

The damon_call() requests registration and damon_ctx->kdamond unset are
protected by different mutexes, though. Hence, damon_call() could race
with damon_ctx->kdamond unset, and result in deadlocks.

For example, let's suppose kdamond successfully finished the damon_call()
requests cancelling. Right after that, damon_call() is called for the
context. It registers the new request, and shows the context is still
running, because damon_ctx->kdamond unset is not yet done. Hence the
damon_call() caller starts waiting for the handling of the request.
However, the kdamond is already on the termination steps, so it never
handles the new request. As a result, the damon_call() caller threads
infinitely waits.

Fix this by introducing another damon_ctx field, namely
call_controls_obsolete. It is protected by the
damon_ctx->call_controls_lock, which protects damon_call() requests
registration. Initialize (unset) it in kdamond_fn() before letting
damon_start() returns and set it just before the cancelling of remaining
damon_call() requests is executed. damon_call() reads the obsolete field
under the lock and avoids adding a new request.

After this change, only requests that are guaranteed to be handled or
cancelled are registered. Hence the after-registration DAMON context
termination check is no longer needed. Remove it together.

Note that the deadlock will not happen when damon_call() is called for
repeat mode request. In tis case, damon_call() returns instead of waiting
for the handling when the request registration succeeds and it shows the
kdamond is running. However, if the request also has dealloc_on_cancel,
the request memory would be leaked.

The issue is found by sashiko [1].

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.14 6.18.27

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 7.0.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux 7.0.0-27.27 USN-8488-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-aws +1 7.0.0-1008.8 USN-8489-1, USN-8488-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-azure 7.0.0-1010.10 USN-8603-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 7.0.0-1007.7 USN-8488-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 7.0.0-1009.9 USN-8603-1, USN-8488-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia 7.0.0-1013.13 USN-8507-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-raspi 7.0.0-1014.14 USN-8488-2
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 7.0.0-27.27.1 USN-8488-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-7.0 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1 USN-8569-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 7.0.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10954-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1754
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.18 +11 1:6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1754

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