[PATCH] mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: fix tried_regions setup failure cleanup

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 04:01:34 EST


damon_sysfs_scheme_add_dirs() sets up the tried_regions directory after
the stats directory has already been created.

If damon_sysfs_scheme_set_tried_regions() fails, scheme->tried_regions
has not been assigned. The error path nevertheless jumps to
put_tried_regions_out and dereferences scheme->tried_regions while
trying to put its kobject.

This can dereference uninitialized memory because struct
damon_sysfs_scheme is allocated with kmalloc-style allocation and
scheme->tried_regions is only assigned after tried_regions setup
succeeds.

On tried_regions setup failure, start cleanup from the last successfully
created directory, stats, instead of trying to put tried_regions.

Fixes: 5181b75f438d ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: implement schemes/tried_regions directory")
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 329cfd0bbe9f..0668a0e53971 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -2516,12 +2516,12 @@ static int damon_sysfs_scheme_add_dirs(struct damon_sysfs_scheme *scheme)
goto put_filters_watermarks_quotas_access_pattern_out;
err = damon_sysfs_scheme_set_tried_regions(scheme);
if (err)
- goto put_tried_regions_out;
+ goto put_stats_out;
return 0;

-put_tried_regions_out:
- kobject_put(&scheme->tried_regions->kobj);
- scheme->tried_regions = NULL;
+put_stats_out:
+ kobject_put(&scheme->stats->kobj);
+ scheme->stats = NULL;
put_filters_watermarks_quotas_access_pattern_out:
kobject_put(&scheme->ops_filters->kobj);
scheme->ops_filters = NULL;
--
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