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CVE-2026-43388

mm/damon/core: clear walk_control on inactive context in damos_walk()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/core: clear walk_control on inactive context in damos_walk()

damos_walk() sets ctx->walk_control to the caller-provided control
structure before checking whether the context is running.  If the context
is inactive (damon_is_running() returns false), the function returns
-EINVAL without clearing ctx->walk_control.  This leaves a dangling
pointer to a stack-allocated structure that will be freed when the caller
returns.

This is structurally identical to the bug fixed in commit f9132fbc2e83
("mm/damon/core: remove call_control in inactive contexts") for
damon_call(), which had the same pattern of linking a control object and
returning an error without unlinking it.

The dangling walk_control pointer can cause:
1. Use-after-free if the context is later started and kdamond
   dereferences ctx->walk_control (e.g., in damos_walk_cancel()
   which writes to control->canceled and calls complete())
2. Permanent -EBUSY from subsequent damos_walk() calls, since the
   stale pointer is non-NULL

Nonetheless, the real user impact is quite restrictive.  The
use-after-free is impossible because there is no damos_walk() callers who
starts the context later.  The permanent -EBUSY can actually confuse
users, as DAMON is not running.  But the symptom is kept only while the
context is turned off.  Turning it on again will make DAMON internally
uses a newly generated damon_ctx object that doesn't have the invalid
damos_walk_control pointer, so everything will work fine again.

Fix this by clearing ctx->walk_control under walk_control_lock before
returning -EINVAL, mirroring the fix pattern from f9132fbc2e83.
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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version bf0eaba0ff9c9c8e6fd58ddfa1a8b6df4b813f61
Version < ce0aa47c963b8c3e5beace89e2b5a665a64b5b6b
Status affected
Version bf0eaba0ff9c9c8e6fd58ddfa1a8b6df4b813f61
Version < 9320c77134ab8d7701e20608bbf08517df4fa321
Status affected
Version bf0eaba0ff9c9c8e6fd58ddfa1a8b6df4b813f61
Version < d210fdcac9c0d1380eab448aebc93f602c1cd4e6
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.14
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 6.14
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.19
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.19.*
Version 6.19.9
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.0
Status unaffected
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