CVE-2026-46183: mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: protect path kfree() with damon_sysfs_lock
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-46183 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12Timeline
- 28-05-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: protect path kfree() with damon_sysfs_lock damon_sysfs_quot_goal->path can be read and written by users, via DAMON sysfs 'path' file. It can also be indirectly read, for the parameters {on,off}line committing to DAMON. The reads for parameters committing are protected by damon_sysfs_lock to avoid the sysfs files being destroyed while any of the parameters are being read. But the user-driven direct reads and writes are not protected by any lock, while the write is deallocating the path-pointing buffer. As a result, the readers could read the already freed buffer (user-after-free). Note that the user-reads don't race when the same open file is used by the writer, due to kernfs's open file locking. Nonetheless, doing the reads and writes with separate open files would be common. Fix it by protecting both the user-direct reads and writes with damon_sysfs_lock.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
2%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.05 pp
From 0.17% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu106 products
- linux< 7.0.0-28.28
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 7.0.0-1009.9
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ c41e253a411eb73a5ac651c14f40c2ea2f274ebd, < a34ca3e33da4b924c66bcca3729bf68ec5936910 | ≥ c41e253a411eb73a5ac651c14f40c2ea2f274ebd, < cf3b71421ca00807328c6d9cd242f9de3b77a4bf | 6.19
- linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.7 | 7.1:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 7.0.7-1
3 vendors · 109 products
