CVE-2022-48996

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/sysfs: fix wrong empty schemes assumption under online tuning in damon_sysfs_set_schemes()

Commit da87878010e5 ("mm/damon/sysfs: support online inputs update") made 'damon_sysfs_set_schemes()' to be called for running DAMON context, which could have schemes. In the case, DAMON sysfs interface is supposed to update, remove, or add schemes to reflect the sysfs files. However, the code is assuming the DAMON context wouldn't have schemes at all, and therefore creates and adds new schemes. As a result, the code doesn't work as intended for online schemes tuning and could have more than expected memory footprint. The schemes are all in the DAMON context, so it doesn't leak the memory, though.

Remove the wrong asssumption (the DAMON context wouldn't have schemes) in 'damon_sysfs_set_schemes()' to fix the bug.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxda87878010e59869d4d27b3c01ecc8ec06ff4a20 < f98d1f2a36ad7ab48fb4cf73ca14e7b19482fd4daffected
LinuxLinuxda87878010e59869d4d27b3c01ecc8ec06ff4a20 < 95bc35f9bee5220dad4e8567654ab3288a181639affected
LinuxLinux5.19affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.19unaffected
LinuxLinux6.0.12 <= 6.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References