# CVE-2022-48996: mm/damon/sysfs: fix wrong empty schemes assumption under online tuning in damon_sysfs_set_schemes()

> A logic error in Linux kernel DAMON sysfs interface causes excessive memory usage during online tuning, potentially leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48996, GHSA-gqp9-r7wj-r9hc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48996

## What is CVE-2022-48996?

CVE-2022-48996 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

mm/damon/sysfs: fix wrong empty schemes assumption under online tuning in damon_sysfs_set_schemes()

Commit da87878010e5 ("mm/damon/sysfs: support online inputs update") made
'damon_sysfs_set_schemes()' to be called for running DAMON context, which
could have schemes.  In the case, DAMON sysfs interface is supposed to
update, remove, or add schemes to reflect the sysfs files.  However, the
code is assuming the DAMON context wouldn't have schemes at all, and
therefore creates and adds new schemes.  As a result, the code doesn't
work as intended for online schemes tuning and could have more than
expected memory footprint.  The schemes are all in the DAMON context, so
it doesn't leak the memory, though.

Remove the wrong asssumption (the DAMON context wouldn't have schemes) in
'damon_sysfs_set_schemes()' to fix the bug.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48996?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48996 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48996

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