mm/damon/ops-common: handle extreme intervals in damon_hot_score()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/ops-common: handle extreme intervals in damon_hot_score() Fix three issues in damon_hot_score() that comes from wrong handling of extreme (zero or too high) monitoring intervals user setup. When the user sets sampling interval zero, damon_max_nr_accesses(), which is called from damon_hot_score(), causes a divide-by-zero. Needless to say, it is a problem. When the user sets the aggregation interval zero, the function returns zero. It is wrong, since the real maximum nr_acceses in the setup should be one. Worse yet, it can cause another divide-by-zero from its caller, damon_hot_score(), since it uses damon_max_nr_accesses() return value as a denominator. When the user sets the aggregation interval very high, damon_hot_score() could return a value out of [0, DAMOS_MAX_SCORE] range. Since the return value is used as an index to the regions_score_histogram array, which is DAMOS_MAX_SCORE+1 size, it causes out of bounds array access. The issues can be relatively easily reproduced like below. The sysfs write permission is required, though. # ./damo start --damos_action lru_prio --damos_quota_space 100M \ --damos_quota_interval 1s # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0 # echo 0 > contexts/0/monitoring_attrs/intervals/sample_us # echo 0 > contexts/0/monitoring_attrs/intervals/aggr_us # echo commit > state # dmesg [...] [ 131.329762] Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [...] [ 131.336089] RIP: 0010:damon_hot_score+0x27/0xd0 [...] Fix the divide-by-zero intervals problems by explicitly handling the zero intervals in damon_max_nr_accesses(). Fix the out-of-bound array access by applying [0, DAMOS_MAX_SCORE] bounds before returning from damon_hot_score(). The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.

Timeline

Scores

No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Awaiting Analysis.

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.

Affected products

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < 58321b4e6e4f0f412069ab27ccdd56292757343a
  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < 74fef68d521150281e36cdaa20e9e1ee3e3aa146
  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < ef2ae10a4582bc92b7e944181bbd2f87f3d30f3a
  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < 9c8f31eaae6140ecadec0c07320498a944556de2
  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < 76e415ea88d20f022ed5cfcf78c50e156a267e91
  • affected 198f0f4c58b9f481e4e51c8c70a6ab9852bbab7f – < 35d4a3cf70a855b50e53189ac2f8463e20a02046

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 5.16
  • unaffected < 5.16
  • unaffected 6.1.178 – ≤ 6.1.*
  • unaffected 6.6.145 – ≤ 6.6.*
  • unaffected 6.12.96 – ≤ 6.12.*
  • unaffected 6.18.39 – ≤ 6.18.*
  • unaffected 7.1.4 – ≤ 7.1.*
  • unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *

References (6)

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58321b4e6e4f0f412069ab27ccdd56292757343a (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74fef68d521150281e36cdaa20e9e1ee3e3aa146 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef2ae10a4582bc92b7e944181bbd2f87f3d30f3a (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8f31eaae6140ecadec0c07320498a944556de2 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76e415ea88d20f022ed5cfcf78c50e156a267e91 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d4a3cf70a855b50e53189ac2f8463e20a02046 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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Record last updated 6 Nov 2026, 16:44 UTC.