mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-64368
HIGH 8.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.42 % · percentile 36 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled When init (zeroing) on allocation is requested, for kmalloc() we generally have to zero the full object size even if a smaller size is requested, in order to provide krealloc()'s __GFP_ZERO guarantees. But if we track the requested size, krealloc() uses that information to do the right thing, so we can zero only the requested size. With red zoning also enabled, any extra size became part of the red zone, so it must not be zeroed and thus we must zero only the requested size. However the current check is imprecise, and will trigger also when only SLAB_RED_ZONE is enabled without SLAB_STORE_USER (which enables tracking the requested size). This means enabling red zoning alone can compromise krealloc()'s __GFP_ZERO contract. Fix this by using slub_debug_orig_size() instead, which is the exact check for whether the requested size is tracked. We don't need to care if red zoning is also enabled or not. Also update and expand the comment accordingly.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 9ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01 < 6256899c3a34674bba6076884aedbba49fc695e4 ; affected 9ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01 < 7e706d50fa119eead6376bf0ef973e8d73a96030 ; affected 9ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01 < 2382971aaaef5bf85a651234c64906f59580b8be ; affected 9ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01 < 0d18ccef142f04433dfb2a0c120cf223d2b8a42c ; affected 9ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01 < 648927ceb84021a25a0fbd5673740956f318d534
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.2 ; unaffected 0 < 6.2 ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.96 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.1.4 ≤ 7.1.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD