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Linux Kernel EUVDEUVD-2026-32401

| CVE-2026-46020 HIGH
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-05-27 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-qpc9-3gvw-7vfq
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
5.1 MEDIUM

Local DAMON_SYSFS access requires root/CAP_SYS_ADMIN (PR:H); reproducer shows kernel panic (A:H) and an OOB read with limited disclosure potential (C:L), no integrity impact.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jun 16, 2026 - 18:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jun 16, 2026 - 16:07 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
May 27, 2026 - 19:46 EUVD
CVE Published
May 27, 2026 - 14:17 nvd
HIGH 7.1
CVE Published
May 27, 2026 - 14:17 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

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

mm/damon/core: validate damos_quota_goal->nid for node_mem_{used,free}_bp

Patch series "mm/damon/core: validate damos_quota_goal->nid".

node_mem[cg]_{used,free}_bp DAMOS quota goals receive the node id. The node id is used for si_meminfo_node() and NODE_DATA() without proper validation. As a result, privileged users can trigger an out of bounds memory access using DAMON_SYSFS. Fix the issues.

The issue was originally reported [1] with a fix by another author. The original author announced [2] that they will stop working including the fix that was still in the review stage. Hence I'm restarting this.

This patch (of 2):

Users can set damos_quota_goal->nid with arbitrary value for node_mem_{used,free}_bp. But DAMON core is using those for si_meminfo_node() without the validation of the value. This can result in out of bounds memory access. The issue can actually triggered using DAMON user-space tool (damo), like below.

$ sudo ./damo start --damos_action stat \ --damos_quota_goal node_mem_used_bp 50% -1 \ --damos_quota_interval 1s $ sudo dmesg [...] [ 65.565986] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098

Fix this issue by adding the validation of the given node. If an invalid node id is given, it returns 0% for used memory ratio, and 100% for free memory ratio.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds memory access in the Linux kernel's DAMON (Data Access MONitor) subsystem allows privileged local users to crash the kernel by supplying arbitrary node IDs to damos_quota_goal via DAMON_SYSFS. Affecting Linux 6.16 and fixed in 6.18.27, 7.0.4, and 7.1-rc1, the flaw stems from missing validation before si_meminfo_node()/NODE_DATA() lookups and is reproducible with the upstream 'damo' user-space tool. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low at 0.02%.

Technical ContextAI

DAMON is the in-kernel Data Access Monitor used to drive memory-management actions (DAMOS); its sysfs interface lets administrators configure quota goals that throttle DAMOS actions based on per-NUMA-node memory usage. The node_mem_used_bp and node_mem_free_bp quota goals take a numeric node ID (damos_quota_goal->nid) and pass it directly to si_meminfo_node() and the NODE_DATA() macro, which index per-node pglist_data arrays without bounds checking. CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) captures the root cause: an arbitrary integer is used as an array index, producing the observed NULL pointer dereference at offset 0x98 inside the pglist_data structure. The fix in commits 40250b2d, b09958e2, and bcad7407 validates the node ID and returns a safe ratio (0% used / 100% free) when invalid.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Linux 6.18.27, 7.0.4, 7.1-rc1, or any later stable release that incorporates the three upstream commits (40250b2d, b09958e2, bcad7407) referenced at git.kernel.org/stable. Distribution kernels should be updated to vendor backports as they become available. As a compensating control until patched kernels are deployed, restrict access to /sys/kernel/mm/damon (typically root-only by default - verify it has not been loosened via udev or container bind-mounts), or disable CONFIG_DAMON_SYSFS in custom kernel builds; trade-off is loss of DAMON-driven memory tuning for any workload that relies on it. SELinux/AppArmor policies can additionally deny write access to the DAMON sysfs hierarchy for non-administrative service accounts.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Not-Affected

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