{"cve":"CVE-2026-23144","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-14T16:15:54.490","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:39.043","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/sysfs: cleanup attrs subdirs on context dir setup failure\n\nWhen a context DAMON sysfs directory setup is failed after setup of attrs/\ndirectory, subdirectories of attrs/ directory are not cleaned up.  As a\nresult, DAMON sysfs interface is nearly broken until the system reboots,\nand the memory for the unremoved directory is leaked.\n\nCleanup the directories under such failures.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43964644348f6b1add3055c4a6cae8f77d892a6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5651c0c391c0029541794f9c4c9597faecfd401f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b4eb99751ebd37ceade78810bf94de80f7fb3a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9814cc832b88bd040fc2a1817c2b5469d0f7e862","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db7dfe78fc81bdd2b532d77f340fe453f2360426"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23144","score":0.00143,"percentile":0.03605,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}