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mm/slub: Avoid list corruption when removing a slab from the full list

Published Dec 27, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux 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-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 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-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 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-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 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 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mm/slub: Avoid list corruption when removing a slab from the full list

Boot with slub_debug=UFPZ.

If allocated object failed in alloc_consistency_checks, all objects of
the slab will be marked as used, and then the slab will be removed from
the partial list.

When an object belonging to the slab got freed later, the remove_full()
function is called. Because the slab is neither on the partial list nor
on the full list, it eventually lead to a list corruption (actually a
list poison being detected).

So we need to mark and isolate the slab page with metadata corruption,
do not put it back in circulation.

Because the debug caches avoid all the fastpaths, reusing the frozen bit
to mark slab page with metadata corruption seems to be fine.

[ 4277.385669] list_del corruption, ffffea00044b3e50->next is LIST_POISON1 (dead000000000100)
[ 4277.387023] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 4277.387880] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:56!
[ 4277.388680] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 4277.389562] CPU: 5 PID: 90 Comm: kworker/5:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.6.1-1 #1
[ 4277.392113] Workqueue: xfs-inodegc/vda1 xfs_inodegc_worker [xfs]
[ 4277.393551] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.394518] Code: 48 91 82 e8 37 f9 9a ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 28 49 91 82 e8 26 f9 9a ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 58 49 91
[ 4277.397292] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000333b38 EFLAGS: 00010082
[ 4277.398202] RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffffea00044b3e50 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 4277.399340] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff828f8715 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 4277.400545] RBP: ffffea00044b3e40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc900003339f0
[ 4277.401710] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff82d44088 R12: ffff888112cf9910
[ 4277.402887] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8881000424c0
[ 4277.404049] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88842fd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4277.405357] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4277.406389] CR2: 00007f2ad0b24000 CR3: 0000000102a3a006 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[ 4277.407589] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 4277.408780] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 4277.410000] PKRU: 55555554
[ 4277.410645] Call Trace:
[ 4277.411234] <TASK>
[ 4277.411777] ? die+0x32/0x80
[ 4277.412439] ? do_trap+0xd6/0x100
[ 4277.413150] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.414158] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90
[ 4277.414948] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.415915] ? exc_invalid_op+0x4c/0x60
[ 4277.416710] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.417675] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[ 4277.418482] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.419466] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.420410] free_to_partial_list+0x515/0x5e0
[ 4277.421242] ? xfs_iext_remove+0x41a/0xa10 [xfs]
[ 4277.422298] xfs_iext_remove+0x41a/0xa10 [xfs]
[ 4277.423316] ? xfs_inodegc_worker+0xb4/0x1a0 [xfs]
[ 4277.424383] xfs_bmap_del_extent_delay+0x4fe/0x7d0 [xfs]
[ 4277.425490] __xfs_bunmapi+0x50d/0x840 [xfs]
[ 4277.426445] xfs_itruncate_extents_flags+0x13a/0x490 [xfs]
[ 4277.427553] xfs_inactive_truncate+0xa3/0x120 [xfs]
[ 4277.428567] xfs_inactive+0x22d/0x290 [xfs]
[ 4277.429500] xfs_inodegc_worker+0xb4/0x1a0 [xfs]
[ 4277.430479] process_one_work+0x171/0x340
[ 4277.431227] worker_thread+0x277/0x390
[ 4277.431962] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.432752] kthread+0xf0/0x120
[ 4277.433382] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.434134] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[ 4277.434837] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.435566] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
[ 4277.436280] </TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.22 6.1.191

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 6.12.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-58.60 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1027.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1027.32 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1028.30 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1023.27 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1010.12 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 USN-7379-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1 USN-7381-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1026.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1026.29.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1017.17 USN-7382-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1024.25 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-58.60.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1 USN-7451-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1 USN-7452-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-58.60~22.04.1 USN-7449-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 16 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1020.21 USN-7453-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1020.21~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.23.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1.150600.12.14.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_7 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0153-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_7 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.23.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0153-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.23.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1.150600.12.14.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.23.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0153-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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