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samples/damon/mtier: error out for zero quota goal target values

Published Aug 22, 2026

Description

Patch series "mm/damon: avoid division by zero from damos_quota_score()".

DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER and DAMON_LRU_SORT allow the user to trigger division by zero in damos_quota_score(). Avoid it by adding parameters validation checks.

This patch (of 2):

damos_quota_score() can trigger division by zero if the target_value is zero. DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER lets users set the target_value via node0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameters. It doesn't guard zero value case, though. As a result, users can trigger division by zero. Fix the issue by returning an error when the user tries to start DAMON with zero node0_mem_{used,free}_bp parameter values.

DAMON_SAMPLE_MTIER is just a sample module, but the consequence is quite bad. Also the zero node0_mem_free_bp parameter might look like a reasonable setup to some users. Hence, the issue might really happen in the real world.

One reliable way to reproduce the issue is like below:

# cd /sys/module/damon_sample_mtier/parameters # echo 4096 > node0_start_addr # echo 8192 > node0_end_addr # echo 8192 > node1_start_addr # echo 81920 > node1_end_addr # echo 0 > node0_mem_free_bp # echo Y > enabled # dmesg -w [...] [18792.235916] Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [...] [18792.242787] RIP: 0010:damos_quota_score+0x6f/0x480 [...]

This issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Aug 22, 2026
Updated Aug 22, 2026
Reserved Aug 15, 2026
NVD
Status Received
Modified Aug 22, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 22, 2026