CVE-2022-50088 mm/damon/reclaim: fix potential memory leak in damon_reclaim_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/reclaim: fix potential memory leak in damonreclaiminit damonreclaiminit allocates a memory chunk for ctx with damonnewctx. When damonselectops fails, ctx is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We should relea...

CVE-2022-50088 mm/damon/reclaim: fix potential memory leak in damon_reclaim_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/reclaim: fix potential memory leak in damonreclaiminit damonreclaiminit allocates a memory chunk for ctx with damonnewctx. When damonselectops fails, ctx is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We should relea...

CVE-2022-50088

CVE-2022-50088 affects the Linux kernel’s damon_reclaim_init() path. The function allocates a ctx via damon_new_ctx(); if damon_select_ops() fails, the ctx is not released, causing a memory leak. The documented fix releases the ctx with damon_destroy_ctx() when damon_select_ops() fails. Connected...