mm: krealloc: Fix MTE false alarm in __do_krealloc (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: krealloc: Fix MTE false alarm in __do_krealloc This patch addresses an issue introduced by commit 1a83a716ec233 ("mm: krealloc: consider spare memory for __GFP_ZERO") which causes MTE (Memory Tagging Extension) to falsely report a slab-out-of-bounds error. The problem occurs when zeroing out spare memory in __do_krealloc. The original code only considered software-based KASAN and did not account for MTE. It does not reset the KASAN tag before calling memset, leading to a mismatch between the pointer tag and the memory tag, resulting in a false positive. Example of the error: ================================================================== swapper/0: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __memset+0x84/0x188 swapper/0: Write at addr f4ffff8005f0fdf0 by task swapper/0/1 swapper/0: Pointer tag: [f4], memory tag: [fe] swapper/0: swapper/0: CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12. swapper/0: Hardware name: MT6991(ENG) (DT) swapper/0: Call trace: swapper/0: dump_backtrace+0xfc/0x17c swapper/0: show_stack+0x18/0x28 swapper/0: dump_stack_lvl+0x40/0xa0 swapper/0: print_report+0x1b8/0x71c swapper/0: kasan_report+0xec/0x14c swapper/0: __do_kernel_fault+0x60/0x29c swapper/0: do_bad_area+0x30/0xdc swapper/0: do_tag_check_fault+0x20/0x34 swapper/0: do_mem_abort+0x58/0x104 swapper/0: el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c swapper/0: el1h_64_sync_handler+0x80/0xcc swapper/0: el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c swapper/0: __memset+0x84/0x188 swapper/0: btf_populate_kfunc_set+0x280/0x3d8 swapper/0: __register_btf_kfunc_id_set+0x43c/0x468 swapper/0: register_btf_kfunc_id_set+0x48/0x60 swapper/0: register_nf_nat_bpf+0x1c/0x40 swapper/0: nf_nat_init+0xc0/0x128 swapper/0: do_one_initcall+0x184/0x464 swapper/0: do_initcall_level+0xdc/0x1b0 swapper/0: do_initcalls+0x70/0xc0 swapper/0: do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28 swapper/0: kernel_init_freeable+0x144/0x1b8 swapper/0: kernel_init+0x20/0x1a8 swapper/0: ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ==================================================================
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ebee7565effdeae6085458f8f8463363120a871
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d02492863023431c31f85d570f718433c22b9311
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d43f1430d47c22a0727c05b6f156ed25fecdfeb4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486aeb5f1855c75dd810c25036134961bd2a6722
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71548fada7ee0eb50cc6ccda82dff010c745f92c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dfb40da84f26dd35dd9bbaf626a2424565b8406
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/704573851b51808b45dae2d62059d1d8189138a2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-50513
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-53097
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0677 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0349 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0276 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0185 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0184 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0168 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0002 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.10.227 < 5.10.230cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.15.168 < 5.15.173cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.1.113 < 6.1.118cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.6.55 < 6.6.62cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.11.3 < 6.11.9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected c383263ee82a01a5a9bc1a466025ccde39a38cae < 8ebee7565effdeae6085458f8f8463363120a871 ; affected a543785856249a5ba8c20468098601c0c33b1224 < d02492863023431c31f85d570f718433c22b9311 ; affected 44f79667fefd52945a44d2a57a2cd3c554d7f4e0 < d43f1430d47c22a0727c05b6f156ed25fecdfeb4 ; affected f8767d10bcbc2529540eb906906c0058e15cd918 < 486aeb5f1855c75dd810c25036134961bd2a6722 ; affected e3a9fc1520a6606c6121aca8d6679c6b93de7fd8 < 71548fada7ee0eb50cc6ccda82dff010c745f92c ; affected 3e9a65a38706866bf93e19f5b4936465188add10 < 3dfb40da84f26dd35dd9bbaf626a2424565b8406 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.10.227 < 5.10.230 ; affected 5.15.168 < 5.15.173 ; affected 6.1.113 < 6.1.118 ; affected 6.6.55 < 6.6.62 ; affected 6.11.3 < 6.11.9 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |