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Unscored CVE-2024-49885 EUVD-2024-43585GHSA-2h93-g5hm-9qcv

mm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone

Since commit 946fa0dbf2d8 ("mm/slub: extend redzone check to extra
allocated kmalloc space than requested"), setting orig_size treats
the wasted space (object_size - orig_size) as a redzone. However with
init_on_free=1 we clear the full object->size, including the redzone.

Additionally we clear the object metadata, including the stored orig_size,
making it zero, which makes check_object() treat the whole object as a
redzone.

These issues lead to the following BUG report with "slub_debug=FUZ
init_on_free=1":

[ 0.000000] =============================================================================
[ 0.000000] BUG kmalloc-8 (Not tainted): kmalloc Redzone overwritten
[ 0.000000] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] 0xffff000010032858-0xffff00001003285f @offset=2136. First byte 0x0 instead of 0xcc
[ 0.000000] FIX kmalloc-8: Restoring kmalloc Redzone 0xffff000010032858-0xffff00001003285f=0xcc
[ 0.000000] Slab 0xfffffdffc0400c80 objects=36 used=23 fp=0xffff000010032a18 flags=0x3fffe0000000200(workingset|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)
[ 0.000000] Object 0xffff000010032858 @offset=2136 fp=0xffff0000100328c8
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] Redzone ffff000010032850: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ........
[ 0.000000] Object ffff000010032858: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ........
[ 0.000000] Redzone ffff000010032860: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ........
[ 0.000000] Padding ffff0000100328b4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ............
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-next-20240814-00004-g61844c55c3f4 #144
[ 0.000000] Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)
[ 0.000000] Call trace:
[ 0.000000] dump_backtrace+0x90/0xe8
[ 0.000000] show_stack+0x18/0x24
[ 0.000000] dump_stack_lvl+0x74/0x8c
[ 0.000000] dump_stack+0x18/0x24
[ 0.000000] print_trailer+0x150/0x218
[ 0.000000] check_object+0xe4/0x454
[ 0.000000] free_to_partial_list+0x2f8/0x5ec

To address the issue, use orig_size to clear the used area. And restore
the value of orig_size after clear the remaining area.

When CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG not defined, (get_orig_size()' directly returns
s->object_size. So when using memset to init the area, the size can simply
be orig_size, as orig_size returns object_size when CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG not
enabled. And orig_size can never be bigger than object_size.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.2 6.6.160

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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