{"id":"CVE-2024-53172","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching\n\nSince commit 4c39529663b9 (\"slab: Warn on duplicate cache names when\nDEBUG_VM=y\"), the duplicate slab cache names can be detected and a\nkernel WARNING is thrown out.\nIn UBI fast attaching process, alloc_ai() could be invoked twice\nwith the same slab cache name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache', which will trigger\nfollowing warning messages:\n kmem_cache of name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache' already exists\n WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7519 at mm/slab_common.c:107\n          __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n Modules linked in: ubi(+) nandsim [last unloaded: nandsim]\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7519 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G 6.12.0-rc2\n RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n Call Trace:\n   __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n   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