Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slab: Add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook for memcg_alloc_abort_single
When CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG is enabled, the following warning
may be noticed:
[ 3959.023862] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3959.023891] alloc_tag was not cleared (got tag for lib/xarray.c:378)
[ 3959.023947] WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:155 at alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178, CPU#6: mkfs.ntfs/113998
[ 3959.023978] Modules linked in: dns_resolver tun brd overlay exfat btrfs blake2b libblake2b xor xor_neon raid6_pq loop sctp ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 rfkill sunrpc vfat fat sg fuse nfnetlink sr_mod virtio_gpu cdrom drm_client_lib virtio_dma_buf drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper ghash_ce drm sm4 backlight virtio_net net_failover virtio_scsi failover virtio_console virtio_blk virtio_mmio dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath dm_mod i2c_dev aes_neon_bs aes_ce_blk [last unloaded: hwpoison_inject]
[ 3959.024170] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 113998 Comm: mkfs.ntfs Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.19.0-rc7+ #7 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 3959.024182] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 3959.024186] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022
[ 3959.024192] pstate: 604000c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 3959.024199] pc : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178
[ 3959.024207] lr : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178
[ 3959.024214] sp : ffff80008b696d60
[ 3959.024219] x29: ffff80008b696d60 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000240
[ 3959.024232] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000240 x24: ffff800085d17860
[ 3959.024245] x23: 0000000000402800 x22: ffff0000c0012dc0 x21: 00000000000002d0
[ 3959.024257] x20: ffff0000e6ef3318 x19: ffff800085ae0410 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 3959.024269] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
[ 3959.024281] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff600064101293
[ 3959.024292] x11: 1fffe00064101292 x10: ffff600064101292 x9 : dfff800000000000
[ 3959.024305] x8 : 00009fff9befed6e x7 : ffff000320809493 x6 : 0000000000000001
[ 3959.024316] x5 : ffff000320809490 x4 : ffff600064101293 x3 : ffff800080691838
[ 3959.024328] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000d5bcd640
[ 3959.024340] Call trace:
[ 3959.024346] alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178 (P)
[ 3959.024355] __alloc_tagging_slab_alloc_hook+0x11c/0x1a8
[ 3959.024362] kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x1b8/0x5e8
[ 3959.024369] xas_alloc+0x304/0x4f0
[ 3959.024381] xas_create+0x1e0/0x4a0
[ 3959.024388] xas_store+0x68/0xda8
[ 3959.024395] __filemap_add_folio+0x5b0/0xbd8
[ 3959.024409] filemap_add_folio+0x16c/0x7e0
[ 3959.024416] __filemap_get_folio_mpol+0x2dc/0x9e8
[ 3959.024424] iomap_get_folio+0xfc/0x180
[ 3959.024435] __iomap_get_folio+0x2f8/0x4b8
[ 3959.024441] iomap_write_begin+0x198/0xc18
[ 3959.024448] iomap_write_iter+0x2ec/0x8f8
[ 3959.024454] iomap_file_buffered_write+0x19c/0x290
[ 3959.024461] blkdev_write_iter+0x38c/0x978
[ 3959.024470] vfs_write+0x4d4/0x928
[ 3959.024482] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1f8
[ 3959.024489] __arm64_sys_write+0x74/0xb0
[ 3959.024496] invoke_syscall+0xd4/0x258
[ 3959.024507] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb4/0x240
[ 3959.024514] do_el0_svc+0x48/0x68
[ 3959.024520] el0_svc+0x40/0xf8
[ 3959.024526] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8
[ 3959.024533] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
[ 3959.024540] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
When __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook() fails, there are two different
free paths depending on whether size == 1 or size != 1. In the
kmem_cache_free_bulk() path, we do call alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook().
However, in memcg_alloc_abort_single() we don't, the above warning will be
triggered on the next allocation.
Therefore, add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook() to the
memcg_alloc_abort_single() path.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.10 | 6.12.70 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.18.10-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.12.73-1 | DSA-6141-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux +8 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 +1 | No fix yet | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | kernel-livepatch-6.12.73-95.123 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1487 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | perf6.12 +14 | 1:6.12.73-95.123.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1487 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | kernel-uek +34 | 6.12.0-200.74.27.el10uek | ELSA-2026-50372, ELSA-2026-50232, ELSA-2026-50160 |
Advisories 6
- WID-SEC-2026-0462 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 5, 2026
- ELSA-2026-50372 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Jul 2, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1487 Important: kernel6.12 security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · May 9, 2026
- ELSA-2026-50232 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Apr 15, 2026
- ELSA-2026-50160 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Mar 20, 2026
- DSA-6141-1 linux - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026