Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-23144
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: cleanup attrs subdirs on context dir setup failure When a context DAMON sysfs directory setup is failed after setup of attrs/ directory, subdirectories of attrs/ directory are not cleaned up. As a result, DAMON sysfs interface is nearly broken until the system reboots, and the memory for the unremoved directory is leaked. Cleanup the directories under such failures.
EPSS: 0.001 (2.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions c951cd3b89010c7a4751b9d4ea074007e44851e6, 5.18, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-23144?
- CVE-2026-23144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2026-23144?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.