CVE-2024-36892

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Si se establece `init_on_free`, slab_free_hook() pone a cero el objeto. Luego, si se configuran `slub_debug=F` y `CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED`, la ruta lenta do_slab_free() ejecuta comprobaciones de coherencia de la lista libre e intenta decodificar un freepointer puesto a cero, lo que conduce a una detecci\u00f3n de \"Freepointer corrupto\" en check_object(). Durante la liberaci\u00f3n masiva, slab_free_freelist_hook() no se ve afectado ya que siempre establece el puntero libre de sus objetos usando set_freepointer() para mantener su lista libre reconstruida despu\u00e9s de `init_on_free`. Para un solo libre, el puntero libre del objeto debe evitarse cuando se almacena fuera del objeto si est\u00e1 configurado \"init_on_free\". El puntero libre se deja como est\u00e1, check_object() puede detectar m\u00e1s adelante un valor de puntero no v\u00e1lido debido a un desbordamiento de objetos. Para reproducir, configure `slub_debug=FU init_on_free=1 log_level=7` en la l\u00ednea de comando de una compilaci\u00f3n del kernel con `CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y`. Registro de muestra de dmesg: [10.708715] ============================================ ================================== [10.710323] ERROR kmalloc-rnd-05-32 (Contaminado: GBT) : Freepointer corrupto [10.712695] -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- [ 10.712695] [ 10.712695] Losa 0xffffd8bdc400d580 objetos=32 usados=4 fp=0xffff9d9a80356f80 flags=0x200000000000a00(workingset|slab|node=0|zone=2) [ 10.716698] Objeto 0xffff9d9a80356600 @offset=1536 fp=0x7ee4f480ce0ecd7c [ 10.716698] [ 10.716698] Bytes b4 9d9a803565f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ [ 10.720703] Objeto ffff9d9a80356600: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ........ [ 10.720703] Objeto ffff9d9a80356610: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ [ 10.724696] Relleno ffff9d9a8035666c: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ [ 10.724696] Relleno ffff9d9a8035667c: 00 00 00 00 .... 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: mm/slub: avoid zeroing outside-object freepointer for single free", "id": "2284565", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2284565"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-416", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmm/slub: avoid zeroing outside-object freepointer for single free\nCommit 284f17ac13fe (\"mm/slub: handle bulk and single object freeing\nseparately\") splits single and bulk object freeing in two functions\nslab_free() and slab_free_bulk() which leads slab_free() to call\nslab_free_hook() directly instead of slab_free_freelist_hook().\nIf `init_on_free` is set, slab_free_hook() zeroes the object.\nAfterward, if `slub_debug=F` and `CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED` are\nset, the do_slab_free() slowpath executes freelist consistency\nchecks and try to decode a zeroed freepointer which leads to a\n\"Freepointer corrupt\" detection in check_object().\nDuring bulk free, slab_free_freelist_hook() isn't affected as it always\nsets it objects freepointer using set_freepointer() to maintain its\nreconstructed freelist after `init_on_free`.\nFor single free, object's freepointer thus needs to be avoided when\nstored outside the object if `init_on_free` is set. The freepointer left\nas is, check_object() may later detect an invalid pointer value due to\nobjects overflow.\nTo reproduce, set `slub_debug=FU init_on_free=1 log_level=7` on the\ncommand line of a kernel build with `CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y`.\ndmesg sample log:\n[ 10.708715] =============================================================================\n[ 10.710323] BUG kmalloc-rnd-05-32 (Tainted: G B T ): Freepointer corrupt\n[ 10.712695] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n[ 10.712695]\n[ 10.712695] Slab 0xffffd8bdc400d580 objects=32 used=4 fp=0xffff9d9a80356f80 flags=0x200000000000a00(workingset|slab|node=0|zone=2)\n[ 10.716698] Object 0xffff9d9a80356600 @offset=1536 fp=0x7ee4f480ce0ecd7c\n[ 10.716698]\n[ 10.716698] Bytes b4 ffff9d9a803565f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n[ 10.720703] Object ffff9d9a80356600: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n[ 10.720703] Object ffff9d9a80356610: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n[ 10.724696] Padding ffff9d9a8035666c: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n[ 10.724696] Padding ffff9d9a8035667c: 00 00 00 00 ....\n[ 10.724696] FIX kmalloc-rnd-05-32: Object at 0xffff9d9a80356600 not freed"], "name": "CVE-2024-36892", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-05-30T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36892\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36892\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024053034-CVE-2024-36892-9469@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

{"created": "2025-07-13T11:14:20.779558+00:00", "updated": "2025-07-13T11:14:20.779609+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"]}