CVE-2026-64368

mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:50 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slab: do not limit zeroing to orig_size when only red zoning is enabled When init (zeroing) on allocation is requested, for kmalloc() we generally have to zero the full object size even if a smaller size is requested, in order to provide krealloc()'s __GFP_ZERO guarantees. But if we track the requested size, krealloc() uses that information to do the right thing, so we can zero only the requested size. With red zoning also enabled, any extra size became part of the red zone, so it must not be zeroed and thus we must zero only the requested size. However the current check is imprecise, and will trigger also when only SLAB_RED_ZONE is enabled without SLAB_STORE_USER (which enables tracking the requested size). This means enabling red zoning alone can compromise krealloc()'s __GFP_ZERO contract. Fix this by using slub_debug_orig_size() instead, which is the exact check for whether the requested size is tracked. We don't need to care if red zoning is also enabled or not. Also update and expand the comment accordingly.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.966.29ce67395f5a0cdec6ce152d26bfda13b98b25c01
Vendor states this is fixed in 0d18ccef142f04433dfb2a0c120cf223d2b8a42c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2382971aaaef5bf85a651234c64906f59580b8be (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6256899c3a34674bba6076884aedbba49fc695e4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 648927ceb84021a25a0fbd5673740956f318d534 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7e706d50fa119eead6376bf0ef973e8d73a96030 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

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CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-665

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