Kernel crash via unvalidated DAMON node ID
Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026
Out-of-bounds access in Linux Kernel 6.19 through 7.0.3 allows local users to crash the kernel via an invalid DAMON NUMA node ID. The DAMON core passes damos_quota_goal->nid to NODE_DATA() for node_memcg_used_bp and node_memcg_free_bp without validating that the node ID is valid. Access to the privileged DAMON sysfs administration interface is required; an invalid ID triggers a kernel paging fault and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in Linux Kernel 6.19 through 7.0.3 allows local users to crash the kernel via an invalid DAMON NUMA node ID. The DAMON core passes damos_quota_goal->nid to NODE_DATA() for node_memcg_used_bp and node_memcg_free_bp without validating that the node ID is valid. Access to the privileged DAMON sysfs administration interface is required; an invalid ID triggers a kernel paging fault and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-46067
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.19
- Affected versionversion=b74a120bcf50787e5b9a2c3dcff999f9836ce1db <a34dac6482e53e2c76944f25b1489b9b7da3a6e6
- Affected versionversion=b74a120bcf50787e5b9a2c3dcff999f9836ce1db <da10db73ada26345244ea5dc52f974692bd05f66
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