{"id":"CVE-2024-49885","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"mm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone\n\nSince commit 946fa0dbf2d8 (\"mm/slub: extend redzone check to extra\nallocated kmalloc space than requested\"), setting orig_size treats\nthe wasted space (object_size - orig_size) as a redzone. However with\ninit_on_free=1 we clear the full object->size, including the redzone.\n\nAdditionally we clear the object metadata, including the stored orig_size,\nmaking it zero, which makes check_object() treat the whole object as a\nredzone.\n\nThese issues lead to the following BUG report with \"slub_debug=FUZ\ninit_on_free=1\":\n\n[    0.000000] =============================================================================\n[    0.000000] BUG kmalloc-8 (Not tainted): kmalloc Redzone overwritten\n[    0.000000] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n[    0.000000]\n[    0.000000] 0xffff000010032858-0xffff00001003285f @offset=2136. First byte 0x0 instead of 0xcc\n[    0.000000] FIX kmalloc-8: Restoring kmalloc Redzone 0xffff000010032858-0xffff00001003285f=0xcc\n[    0.000000] Slab 0xfffffdffc0400c80 objects=36 used=23 fp=0xffff000010032a18 flags=0x3fffe0000000200(workingset|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)\n[    0.000000] Object 0xffff000010032858 @offset=2136 fp=0xffff0000100328c8\n[    0.000000]\n[    0.000000] Redzone  ffff000010032850: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc                          ........\n[    0.000000] Object   ffff000010032858: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc                          ........\n[    0.000000] Redzone  ffff000010032860: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc                          ........\n[    0.000000] Padding  ffff0000100328b4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00              ............\n[    0.000000] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-next-20240814-00004-g61844c55c3f4 #144\n[    0.000000] Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)\n[    0.000000] Call trace:\n[    0.000000]  dump_backtrace+0x90/0xe8\n[    0.000000]  show_stack+0x18/0x24\n[    0.000000]  dump_stack_lvl+0x74/0x8c\n[    0.000000]  dump_stack+0x18/0x24\n[    0.000000]  print_trailer+0x150/0x218\n[    0.000000]  check_object+0xe4/0x454\n[    0.000000]  free_to_partial_list+0x2f8/0x5ec\n\nTo address the issue, use orig_size to clear the used area. And restore\nthe value of orig_size after clear the remaining area.\n\nWhen CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG not defined, (get_orig_size()' directly returns\ns->object_size. So when using memset to init the area, the size can simply\nbe orig_size, as orig_size returns object_size when CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG not\nenabled. And orig_size can never be bigger than object_size.","publishedAt":"2024-10-21T18:01:22.186Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T12:35:18.866Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"946fa0dbf2d8923a587f7348adf16563d59f1b3d","status":"affected","lessThan":"7299868253c0e8ba9bf31f6e5198e8eafa1e700b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"946fa0dbf2d8923a587f7348adf16563d59f1b3d","status":"affected","lessThan":"7a2e823a19746d54052c625faecf0d2d6c52ee0a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"946fa0dbf2d8923a587f7348adf16563d59f1b3d","status":"affected","lessThan":"83f0440b2f92227fcce9898118ca7fe7e0d64b1f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"946fa0dbf2d8923a587f7348adf16563d59f1b3d","status":"affected","lessThan":"59090e479ac78ae18facd4c58eb332562a23020e","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/slub.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.2","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10.14","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/slub.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7299868253c0e8ba9bf31f6e5198e8eafa1e700b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2e823a19746d54052c625faecf0d2d6c52ee0a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f0440b2f92227fcce9898118ca7fe7e0d64b1f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59090e479ac78ae18facd4c58eb332562a23020e"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:07:56.516Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49885.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-49885","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-10-21T18:01:22.186Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:35:18.866Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-10-21T12:17:06.022Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"mm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm, slub: avoid zeroing kmalloc redzone\n\nSince commit 946fa0dbf2d8 (\"mm/slub: extend redzone check to extra\nallocated kmalloc space than requested\"), setting orig_size treats\nthe wasted space (object_size - orig_size) as a redzone. However with\ninit_on_free=1 we clear the full object->size, including the redzone.\n\nAdditionally we clear the object metadata, including the stored orig_size,\nmaking it zero, which makes check_object() treat the whole object as a\nredzone.\n\nThese issues lead to the following BUG report with \"slub_debug=FUZ\ninit_on_free=1\":\n\n[    0.000000] =============================================================================\n[    0.000000] BUG kmalloc-8 (Not tainted): kmalloc Redzone overwritten\n[    0.000000] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n[    0.000000]\n[    0.000000] 0xffff000010032858-0xffff00001003285f @offset=2136. 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