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CVE-2024-56566: mm/slub: Avoid list corruption when removing a slab from the full list

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 33a213c04faff6c3a7fe77e947db81bc7270fe32, 943c0f601cd28c1073b92b5f944c6c6c2643e709, dbc16915279a548a204154368da23d402c141c81.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 33a213c04faff6c3a7fe77e947db81bc7270fe32, 943c0f601cd28c1073b92b5f944c6c6c2643e709, dbc16915279a548a204154368da23d402c141c81 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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] <TASK> [ 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] </TASK>

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 27, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel2.6.22 and later · before 6.6.64
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.22affected
    • 643b113849d8faa68c9f01c3c9d929bfbffd50bd and later · before 33a213c04faff6c3a7fe77e947db81bc7270fe32affected · git
    • 643b113849d8faa68c9f01c3c9d929bfbffd50bd and later · before 943c0f601cd28c1073b92b5f944c6c6c2643e709affected · git
    • 643b113849d8faa68c9f01c3c9d929bfbffd50bd and later · before dbc16915279a548a204154368da23d402c141c81affected · git
    • before 2.6.22not affected · semver
    • 6.6.64 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.12.4 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.13 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxfrom 0—
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.5-16.12.5-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-56565Dec 27, 2024 · f2fs: fix to drop all discards after creating snapshot on lvm device
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  • Later →CVE-2024-56567Dec 27, 2024 · ad7780: fix division by zero in ad7780_write_raw()
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux33a213c04faff6c3a7fe77e947db81bc7270fe32Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux943c0f601cd28c1073b92b5f944c6c6c2643e709Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdbc16915279a548a204154368da23d402c141c81Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.5-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

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Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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