CVE-2026-68164 mm/damon/core: disallow overlapping input ranges for damon_set_regions()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: disallow overlapping input ranges for damonsetregions damonsetregions assumes the input ranges are sorted by the address and don't overlap each other. Hence the assumption was initially to be explicitly validated...

CVE-2026-68164

The CVE concerns the Linux kernel DAMON subsystem, specifically the function damon_set_regions() in mm/damon/core. The root cause was that input ranges were assumed to be sorted and non-overlapping, but a prior commit removed validation, allowing overlapping ranges. The consequence can be odd mon...