CVE-2024-53049

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: November 19, 2024 Modified: October 01, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slub/kunit: fix a WARNING due to unwrapped __kmalloc_cache_noprof 'modprobe slub_kunit' will have a warning as shown below. The root cause is that __kmalloc_cache_noprof was directly used, which resulted in no alloc_tag being allocated. This caused current->alloc_tag to be null, leading to a warning in alloc_tag_add_check. Let's add an alloc_hook layer to __kmalloc_cache_noprof specifically within lib/slub_kunit.c, which is the only user of this internal slub function outside kmalloc implementation itself. [58162.947016] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 6210 at ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:125 alloc_tagging_slab_alloc_hook+0x268/0x27c [58162.957721] Call trace: [58162.957919] alloc_tagging_slab_alloc_hook+0x268/0x27c [58162.958286] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x14c/0x344 [58162.958615] test_kmalloc_redzone_access+0x50/0x10c [slub_kunit] [58162.959045] kunit_try_run_case+0x74/0x184 [kunit] [58162.959401] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x2c/0x4c [kunit] [58162.959841] kthread+0x10c/0x118 [58162.960093] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [58162.960363] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b059d0d1e624adc6e69a754bc48057f8bf459dc
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79aea7dfd98fbbf282d1408fc21849fc9a677768
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
5th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux