CVE-2026-23012

Published Jan 25, 2026

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: remove call_control in inactive contexts If damon_call() is executed against a DAMON context that is not running, the function returns error while keeping the damon_call_control object linked to the context's call_controls list. Let's suppose the object is deallocated after the damon_call(), and yet another damon_call() is executed against the same context. The function tries to add the new damon_call_control object to the call_controls list, which still has the pointer to the previous damon_call_control object, which is deallocated. As a result, use-after-free happens. This can actually be triggered using the DAMON sysfs interface. It is not easily exploitable since it requires the sysfs write permission and making a definitely weird file writes, though. Please refer to the report for more details about the issue reproduction steps. Fix the issue by making two changes. Firstly, move the final kdamond_call() for cancelling all existing damon_call() requests from terminating DAMON context to be done before the ctx->kdamond reset. This makes any code that sees NULL ctx->kdamond can safely assume the context may not access damon_call() requests anymore. Secondly, let damon_call() to cleanup the damon_call_control objects that were added to the already-terminated DAMON context, before returning the error.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
linux_kernel

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-416

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

  1. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: storvsc: Fix scheduling while atomic on PREEMPT_RT This resolves the follow splat and lock-up when running with PREEMPT_RT enabled on Hyper-V: [ 415.140818] BUG: scheduling while atomic: stress-ng-iomix/1048/0x00000002 [ 415.140822] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 415.140823] Modules linked in: intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_pmc_core pmt_telemetry pmt_discovery pmt_class intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry intel_vsec ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel rapl binfmt_misc nls_ascii nls_cp437 vfat fat snd_pcm hyperv_drm snd_timer drm_client_lib drm_shmem_helper snd sg soundcore drm_kms_helper pcspkr hv_balloon hv_utils evdev joydev drm configfs efi_pstore nfnetlink vsock_loopback vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common hv_sock vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci efivarfs autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod sd_mod cdrom hv_storvsc serio_raw hid_generic scsi_transport_fc hid_hyperv scsi_mod hid hv_netvsc hyperv_keyboard scsi_common [ 415.140846] Preemption disabled at: [ 415.140847] [<ffffffffc0656171>] storvsc_queuecommand+0x2e1/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140854] CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 1048 Comm: stress-ng-iomix Not tainted 6.19.0-rc7 #30 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} [ 415.140856] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/04/2024 [ 415.140857] Call Trace: [ 415.140861] <TASK> [ 415.140861] ? storvsc_queuecommand+0x2e1/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140863] dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xb0 [ 415.140870] __schedule_bug+0x9c/0xc0 [ 415.140875] __schedule+0xdf6/0x1300 [ 415.140877] ? rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x56c/0x1980 [ 415.140879] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.140883] schedule_rtlock+0x21/0x40 [ 415.140885] rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x502/0x1980 [ 415.140891] rt_spin_lock+0x89/0x1e0 [ 415.140893] hv_ringbuffer_write+0x87/0x2a0 [ 415.140899] vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc+0xb6/0xe0 [ 415.140900] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.140902] storvsc_queuecommand+0x669/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140904] ? HARDIRQ_verbose+0x10/0x10 [ 415.140908] ? __rq_qos_issue+0x28/0x40 [ 415.140911] scsi_queue_rq+0x760/0xd80 [scsi_mod] [ 415.140926] __blk_mq_issue_directly+0x4a/0xc0 [ 415.140928] blk_mq_issue_direct+0x87/0x2b0 [ 415.140931] blk_mq_dispatch_queue_requests+0x120/0x440 [ 415.140933] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x7a/0x1a0 [ 415.140935] __blk_flush_plug+0xf4/0x150 [ 415.140940] __submit_bio+0x2b2/0x5c0 [ 415.140944] ? submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x272/0x360 [ 415.140946] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x272/0x360 [ 415.140951] ext4_read_bh_lock+0x3e/0x60 [ext4] [ 415.140995] ext4_block_write_begin+0x396/0x650 [ext4] [ 415.141018] ? __pfx_ext4_da_get_block_prep+0x10/0x10 [ext4] [ 415.141038] ext4_da_write_begin+0x1c4/0x350 [ext4] [ 415.141060] generic_perform_write+0x14e/0x2c0 [ 415.141065] ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x6b/0x120 [ext4] [ 415.141083] vfs_write+0x2ca/0x570 [ 415.141087] ksys_write+0x76/0xf0 [ 415.141089] do_syscall_64+0x99/0x1490 [ 415.141093] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141095] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xdf/0x3d0 [ 415.141097] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141098] ? lock_release+0x1f0/0x2a0 [ 415.141100] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141101] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xe4/0x3d0 [ 415.141103] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141104] ? __schedule+0xb34/0x1300 [ 415.141106] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x1d/0x170 [ 415.141109] ? do_nanosleep+0x8b/0x160 [ 415.141111] ? hrtimer_nanosleep+0x89/0x100 [ 415.141114] ? __pfx_hrtimer_wakeup+0x10/0x10 [ 415.141116] ? xfd_validate_state+0x26/0x90 [ 415.141118] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141120] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141121] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141123] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141124] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141125] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141127] ? irqentry_exit+0x140/0 ---truncated---CVE-2026-43475