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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-46008"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-27T12:56:08.315Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:41:10.467Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z"
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-2026-46008"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-46008.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46008"
title: "mm/damon/core: fix damos_walk() vs kdamond_fn() exit race"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/damon/core: fix damos_walk() vs kdamond_fn() exit race\n\nWhen kdamond_fn() main loop is finished, the function cancels remaining\ndamos_walk() request and unset the damon_ctx-\u003ekdamond so that API callers\nand API functions themselves can show the context is terminated. \ndamos_walk() adds the caller's request to the queue first.  After that, it\nshows if the kdamond of the damon_ctx is still running (damon_ctx-\u003ekdamond\nis set).  Only if the kdamond is running, damos_walk() starts waiting for\nthe kdamond's handling of the newly added request.\n\nThe damos_walk() requests registration and damon_ctx-\u003ekdamond unset are\nprotected by different mutexes, though.  Hence, damos_walk() could race\nwith damon_ctx-\u003ekdamond unset, and result in deadlocks.\n\nFor example, let's suppose kdamond successfully finished the damow_walk()\nrequest cancelling.  Right after that, damos_walk() is called for the\ncontext.  It registers the new request, and shows the context is still\nrunning, because damon_ctx-\u003ekdamond unset is not yet done.  Hence the\ndamos_walk() caller starts waiting for the handling of the request. \nHowever, the kdamond is already on the termination steps, so it never\nhandles the new request.  As a result, the damos_walk() caller thread\ninfinitely waits.\n\nFix this by introducing another damon_ctx field, namely\nwalk_control_obsolete.  It is protected by the\ndamon_ctx-\u003ewalk_control_lock, which protects damos_walk() request\nregistration.  Initialize (unset) it in kdamond_fn() before letting\ndamon_start() returns and set it just before the cancelling of the\nremaining damos_walk() request is executed.  damos_walk() reads the\nobsolete field under the lock and avoids adding a new request.\n\nAfter this change, only requests that are guaranteed to be handled or\ncancelled are registered.  Hence the after-registration DAMON context\ntermination check is no longer needed.  Remove it together.\n\nThe issue is found by sashiko [1]."
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