Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-23142
CVE-2026-23142
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/sysfs-scheme: cleanup access_pattern subdirs on scheme dir setup failure
When a DAMOS-scheme DAMON sysfs directory setup fails after setup of access_pattern/ directory, subdirectories of access_pattern/ directory are not cleaned up. As a result, DAMON sysfs interface is nearly broken until the system reboots, and the memory for the unremoved directory is leaked.
Cleanup the directories under such failures.
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Affected products
47cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.18,<6.1.162
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.18
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords39 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.12.0-160000.27.1+ 38 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.18.0, < 6.1.162
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/16236b0b4a08fa3e326cf1373ef789dabdc2e30dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/392b3d9d595f34877dd745b470c711e8ebcd225cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/725d4fdaa01bd1161782081f419e1568cc7432e0nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8ac0066b48ed957bdcab58f0d3543549c57a29nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9711bd0e64812c694a228cf58c9e6032decee54nvdPatch
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