In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slub: actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning
It turns out that SLUB redzoning ("slub_debug=Z") checks from
s->object_size rather than from s->inuse (which is normally bumped to
make room for the freelist pointer), so a cache created with an object
size less than 24 would have the freelist pointer written beyond
s->object_size, causing the redzone to be corrupted by the freelist
pointer. This was very visible with "slub_debug=ZF":
BUG test (Tainted: G B ): Right Redzone overwritten
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INFO: 0xffff957ead1c05de-0xffff957ead1c05df @offset=1502. First byte 0x1a instead of 0xbb
INFO: Slab 0xffffef3950b47000 objects=170 used=170 fp=0x0000000000000000 flags=0x8000000000000200
INFO: Object 0xffff957ead1c05d8 @offset=1496 fp=0xffff957ead1c0620
Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ........
Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 f6 f4 a5 ........
Redzone (____ptrval____): 40 1d e8 1a aa @....
Padding (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Adjust the offset to stay within s->object_size.
(Note that no caches of in this size range are known to exist in the
kernel currently.)
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History
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:30:00 +0000
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First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Weaknesses | CWE-763 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:45:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 | |
Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000
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Metrics |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-05-21T14:19:27.553Z
Updated: 2024-12-19T07:37:40.040Z
Reserved: 2024-04-10T18:59:19.529Z
Link: CVE-2021-47221

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:32:07.427Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-21T15:15:11.380
Modified: 2025-04-29T19:07:02.250
Link: CVE-2021-47221
