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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 30, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/slub: Avoid list corruption when removing a slab from the full list

Boot with slub_debug=UFPZ.

If allocated object failed in alloc_consistency_checks, all objects of
the slab will be marked as used, and then the slab will be removed from
the partial list.

When an object belonging to the slab got freed later, the remove_full()
function is called. Because the slab is neither on the partial list nor
on the full list, it eventually lead to a list corruption (actually a
list poison being detected).

So we need to mark and isolate the slab page with metadata corruption,
do not put it back in circulation.

Because the debug caches avoid all the fastpaths, reusing the frozen bit
to mark slab page with metadata corruption seems to be fine.

[ 4277.385669] list_del corruption, ffffea00044b3e50->next is LIST_POISON1 (dead000000000100)
[ 4277.387023] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 4277.387880] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:56!
[ 4277.388680] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 4277.389562] CPU: 5 PID: 90 Comm: kworker/5:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.6.1-1 #1
[ 4277.392113] Workqueue: xfs-inodegc/vda1 xfs_inodegc_worker [xfs]
[ 4277.393551] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.394518] Code: 48 91 82 e8 37 f9 9a ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 28 49 91 82 e8 26 f9 9a ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 58 49 91
[ 4277.397292] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000333b38 EFLAGS: 00010082
[ 4277.398202] RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffffea00044b3e50 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 4277.399340] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff828f8715 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 4277.400545] RBP: ffffea00044b3e40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc900003339f0
[ 4277.401710] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff82d44088 R12: ffff888112cf9910
[ 4277.402887] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8881000424c0
[ 4277.404049] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88842fd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4277.405357] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4277.406389] CR2: 00007f2ad0b24000 CR3: 0000000102a3a006 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[ 4277.407589] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 4277.408780] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 4277.410000] PKRU: 55555554
[ 4277.410645] Call Trace:
[ 4277.411234]
[ 4277.411777] ? die+0x32/0x80
[ 4277.412439] ? do_trap+0xd6/0x100
[ 4277.413150] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.414158] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90
[ 4277.414948] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.415915] ? exc_invalid_op+0x4c/0x60
[ 4277.416710] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.417675] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[ 4277.418482] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.419466] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7b/0xc0
[ 4277.420410] free_to_partial_list+0x515/0x5e0
[ 4277.421242] ? xfs_iext_remove+0x41a/0xa10 [xfs]
[ 4277.422298] xfs_iext_remove+0x41a/0xa10 [xfs]
[ 4277.423316] ? xfs_inodegc_worker+0xb4/0x1a0 [xfs]
[ 4277.424383] xfs_bmap_del_extent_delay+0x4fe/0x7d0 [xfs]
[ 4277.425490] __xfs_bunmapi+0x50d/0x840 [xfs]
[ 4277.426445] xfs_itruncate_extents_flags+0x13a/0x490 [xfs]
[ 4277.427553] xfs_inactive_truncate+0xa3/0x120 [xfs]
[ 4277.428567] xfs_inactive+0x22d/0x290 [xfs]
[ 4277.429500] xfs_inodegc_worker+0xb4/0x1a0 [xfs]
[ 4277.430479] process_one_work+0x171/0x340
[ 4277.431227] worker_thread+0x277/0x390
[ 4277.431962] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.432752] kthread+0xf0/0x120
[ 4277.433382] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.434134] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[ 4277.434837] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4277.435566] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
[ 4277.436280]

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Oct 30, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2024-56566

GHSA ID

GHSA-xqjf-h57w-hh6f

Source code

No known source code

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