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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 7.1 | 7.2.5 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 7.2.6-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +25 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 7.2.7-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-3438 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1 kernel-devel-7.2.7-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 25, 2026