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Avoid the\nNULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL."}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d48f15659395bf1381114f01be91bc68e0be46a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daab1996431a71f43219dcac48ecc9ad2aad3f1c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab04340b5ae5d52c1d46b750538febcde9d889e7"}],"title":"mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-53335","datePublished":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.399Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:17.953Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-07-01 14:16:41","lastModifiedDate":"2026-07-01 14:16:41","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53335","Ordinal":"1","Title":"mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure","CVE":"CVE-2026-53335","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53335","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure\n\nDAMON_LRU_SORT allocates the damon_ctx object for its kdamond in its init\nfunction.  damon_lru_sort_enabled_store() wrongly assumes the allocation\nwill always succeed once tried.  If the damon_ctx allocation was failed,\ntherefore, code execution reaches to damon_commit_ctx() while 'ctx' is\nNULL.  As a result, it dereferences the NULL 'ctx' pointer.  Avoid the\nNULL dereference by returning -ENOMEM if 'ctx' is NULL.","Type":"Description","Title":"mm/damon/lru_sort: handle ctx allocation failure"}]}}}