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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-52560" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-03-02T21:59:34.084Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:29:09.642Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52560" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52560.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52560" title: "mm/damon/vaddr-test: fix memory leak in damon_do_test_apply_three_regions()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/vaddr-test: fix memory leak in damon_do_test_apply_three_regions()\n\nWhen CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR_KUNIT_TEST=y and making CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y\nand CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN=y, the below memory leak is detected.\n\nSince commit 9f86d624292c (\"mm/damon/vaddr-test: remove unnecessary\nvariables\"), the damon_destroy_ctx() is removed, but still call\ndamon_new_target() and damon_new_region(), the damon_region which is\nallocated by kmem_cache_alloc() in damon_new_region() and the damon_target\nwhich is allocated by kmalloc in damon_new_target() are not freed. And\nthe damon_region which is allocated in damon_new_region() in\ndamon_set_regions() is also not freed.\n\nSo use damon_destroy_target to free all the damon_regions and damon_target.\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff888107c9a940 (size 64):\n comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1069, jiffies 4294670592 (age 732.761s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b ............kkkk\n 60 c7 9c 07 81 88 ff ff f8 cb 9c 07 81 88 ff ff `...............\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff817e0167\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0\n [\u003cffffffff819c11cf\u003e] damon_new_target+0x3f/0x1b0\n [\u003cffffffff819c7d55\u003e] damon_do_test_apply_three_regions.constprop.0+0x95/0x3e0\n [\u003cffffffff819c82be\u003e] damon_test_apply_three_regions1+0x21e/0x260\n [\u003cffffffff829fce6a\u003e] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90\n [\u003cffffffff81237cf6\u003e] kthread+0x2b6/0x380\n [\u003cffffffff81097add\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\n [\u003cffffffff81003791\u003e] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n unreferenced object 0xffff8881079cc740 (size 56):\n comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1069, jiffies 4294670592 (age 732.761s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkk....kkkk\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff819bc492\u003e] damon_new_region+0x22/0x1c0\n [\u003cffffffff819c7d91\u003e] damon_do_test_apply_three_regions.constprop.0+0xd1/0x3e0\n [\u003cffffffff819c82be\u003e] damon_test_apply_three_regions1+0x21e/0x260\n [\u003cffffffff829fce6a\u003e] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90\n [\u003cffffffff81237cf6\u003e] kthread+0x2b6/0x380\n [\u003cffffffff81097add\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\n [\u003cffffffff81003791\u003e] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n unreferenced object 0xffff888107c9ac40 (size 64):\n comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1071, jiffies 4294670595 (age 732.843s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b ............kkkk\n a0 cc 9c 07 81 88 ff ff 78 a1 76 07 81 88 ff ff ........x.v.....\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff817e0167\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0\n [\u003cffffffff819c11cf\u003e] damon_new_target+0x3f/0x1b0\n [\u003cffffffff819c7d55\u003e] damon_do_test_apply_three_regions.constprop.0+0x95/0x3e0\n [\u003cffffffff819c851e\u003e] damon_test_apply_three_regions2+0x21e/0x260\n [\u003cffffffff829fce6a\u003e] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90\n [\u003cffffffff81237cf6\u003e] kthread+0x2b6/0x380\n [\u003cffffffff81097add\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\n [\u003cffffffff81003791\u003e] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n unreferenced object 0xffff8881079ccc80 (size 56):\n comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1071, jiffies 4294670595 (age 732.843s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkk....kkkk\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff819bc492\u003e] damon_new_region+0x22/0x1c0\n [\u003cffffffff819c7d91\u003e] damon_do_test_apply_three_regions.constprop.0+0xd1/0x3e0\n [\u003cffffffff819c851e\u003e] damon_test_apply_three_regions2+0x21e/0x260\n [\u003cffffffff829fce6a\u003e] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90\n [\u003cffffffff81237cf6\u003e] kthread+0x2b6/0x380\n [\u003cffffffff81097add\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\n [\u003cffff\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"9f86d624292c238203b3687cdb870a2cde1a6f9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9a4fe81a8644b717d57d81ce5849e16583b13fe8"},{"version":"9f86d624292c238203b3687cdb870a2cde1a6f9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6b522001693aa113d97a985abc5f6932972e8e86"},{"version":"9f86d624292c238203b3687cdb870a2cde1a6f9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"45120b15743fa7c0aa53d5db6dfb4c8f87be4abd"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"},{"version":"6.1.56","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.5.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*"},{"version":"6.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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