In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()
DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist. However, a few
DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT
allow users to set empty monitoring target regions. This could result in
WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and
divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions().
For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below.
# grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r)
# CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y
# damo start
# cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0
# echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start
# echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end
# echo commit > state
# dmesg
[....]
[ 73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 73.707552] start 0 >= end 0
[ 73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758
[...]
All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the
regions. Add the validation logic in the function.
mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()
DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist. However, a few
DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT
allow users to set empty monitoring target regions. This could result in
WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and
divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions().
For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below.
# grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r)
# CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y
# damo start
# cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0
# echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start
# echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end
# echo commit > state
# dmesg
[....]
[ 73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 73.707552] start 0 >= end 0
[ 73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758
[...]
All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the
regions. Add the validation logic in the function.
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: validate ranges in damon_set_regions() DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist. However, a few DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT allow users to set empty monitoring target regions. This could result in WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions(). For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below. # grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r) # CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y # damo start # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0 # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end # echo commit > state # dmesg [....] [ 73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 73.707552] start 0 >= end 0 [ 73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758 [...] All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the regions. Add the validation logic in the function. | |
| Title | mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions() | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T11:59:33.152Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.372Z
Link: CVE-2026-68165
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Updated: 2026-08-10T19:00:04Z