Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2025-38258

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write memcg_path_store() assigns a newly allocated memory buffer to filter->memcg_path, without deallocating the previously allocated and assigned memory buffer. As a result, users can leak kernel memory by continuously writing a data to memcg_path DAMOS sysfs file. Fix the leak by deallocating the previously set memory buffer.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-07-09Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 7ee161f18b5da5170b5d6a51aace49d312099128; < 490a43d07f1663d827e802720d30cbc0494e4f81 (affected, git)
≥ 7ee161f18b5da5170b5d6a51aace49d312099128; < c5d5b0047b0c0f304608f3824139f7bd34c48413 (affected, git)
≥ 7ee161f18b5da5170b5d6a51aace49d312099128; < 4a158ac0538dd5695eeaa00aa0720d711f3e4ef1 (affected, git)
≥ 7ee161f18b5da5170b5d6a51aace49d312099128; < 4f489fe6afb395dbc79840efa3c05440b760d883 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
6.3 (affected)
≥ 0; < 6.3 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.96; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.36; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.15.5; ≤ 6.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.16; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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