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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74643"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-22T15:32:21.140Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-22T15:32:21.140Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
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-2026-74643"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74643.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74643"
title: "samples/damon/mtier: error out for zero quota goal target values"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsamples/damon/mtier: error out for zero quota goal target values\n\nPatch series \"mm/damon: avoid division by zero from damos_quota_score()\".\n\nDAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER and DAMON_LRU_SORT allow the user to trigger division\nby zero in damos_quota_score().  Avoid it by adding parameters validation\nchecks.\n\n\nThis patch (of 2):\n\ndamos_quota_score() can trigger division by zero if the target_value is\nzero.  DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER lets users set the target_value via\nnode0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameters.  It doesn't guard zero value case,\nthough.  As a result, users can trigger division by zero.  Fix the issue\nby returning an error when the user tries to start DAMON with zero\nnode0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameter values.\n\nDAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER is just a sample module, but the consequence is quite\nbad.  Also the zero node0_mem_free_bp parameter might look like a\nreasonable setup to some users.  Hence, the issue might really happen in\nthe real world.\n\nOne reliable way to reproduce the issue is like below:\n\n    # cd /sys/module/damon_sample_mtier/parameters\n    # echo 4096 \u003e node0_start_addr\n    # echo 8192 \u003e node0_end_addr\n    # echo 8192 \u003e node1_start_addr\n    # echo 81920 \u003e node1_end_addr\n    # echo 0 \u003e node0_mem_free_bp\n    # echo Y \u003e enabled\n    # dmesg -w\n    [...]\n    [18792.235916] Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n    [...]\n    [18792.242787] RIP: 0010:damos_quota_score+0x6f/0x480\n    [...]\n\nThis issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko."
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