CVE-2021-46937

mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024

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Description

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

mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's for targets from the 'target_ids' file write callback ('dbgfs_target_ids_write()'), but decreases the counts only in DAMON monitoring termination callback ('dbgfs_before_terminate()').

Therefore, when 'target_ids' file is repeatedly written without DAMON monitoring start/termination, the reference count is not decreased and therefore memory for the 'struct pid' cannot be freed. This commit fixes this issue by decreasing the reference counts when 'target_ids' is written.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 4bc05954d0076655cfaf6f0135585bdc20cd6b11 to before ffe4a1ba1a82c416a6b3a09d46594f6a885ae141Affected
  • 4bc05954d0076655cfaf6f0135585bdc20cd6b11 to before ebb3f994dd92f8fb4d70c7541091216c1e10cb71Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.15Affected
  • before 5.15Not affected
  • 5.15.13 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16 and laterNot affected

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