What is CVE-2026-31653?

CVE-2026-31653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-31653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-31653

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc repeat_call_control if damon_call() fails damon_call() for repeat_call_control of DAMON_SYSFS could fail if somehow the kdamond is stopped before…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th 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 04a06b139ec08aa63d7377f6d3e5218f8ddb1c5d, 6.17, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.17, 7.0

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-31653?: CVE-2026-31653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-31653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.