{"id":"CVE-2024-53172","summary":"ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching\n\nSince commit 4c39529663b9 (\"slab: Warn on duplicate cache names when\nDEBUG_VM=y\"), the duplicate slab cache names can be detected and a\nkernel WARNING is thrown out.\nIn UBI fast attaching process, alloc_ai() could be invoked twice\nwith the same slab cache name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache', which will trigger\nfollowing warning messages:\n kmem_cache of name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache' already exists\n WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7519 at mm/slab_common.c:107\n          __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n Modules linked in: ubi(+) nandsim [last unloaded: nandsim]\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7519 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G 6.12.0-rc2\n RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n Call Trace:\n   __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0\n   alloc_ai+0x295/0x3f0 [ubi]\n   ubi_attach+0x3c3/0xcc0 [ubi]\n   ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x17cf/0x3fa0 [ubi]\n   ubi_init+0x3fb/0x800 [ubi]\n   do_init_module+0x265/0x7d0\n   __x64_sys_finit_module+0x7a/0xc0\n\nThe problem could be easily reproduced by loading UBI device by fastmap\nwith CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.\nFix it by using different slab names for alloc_ai() callers.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:22:57.332640Z","published":"2024-12-27T13:49:17.267Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:0236-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1","USN-7276-1","USN-7277-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53172.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c0b0f37617099479c34e207c5550d081f585a6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8558135cd56a2a8052024be4073e160f36658c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612824dd0c9465ef365ace38b056c663d110956d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6afdcb285794e75d2c8995e3a44f523c176cc2de"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7402c4bcb8a3f0d2ef4e687cd45c76be489cf509"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871c148f8e0c32e505df9393ba4a303c3c3fe988"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ee0aa4945c49cbbd779da81040fcec4de80fd1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcddf52b7a17adcebc768d26f4e27cf79adb424c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef52b7191ac41e68b1bf070d00c5b04ed16e4920"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53172.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53172"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3"},{"fixed":"ef52b7191ac41e68b1bf070d00c5b04ed16e4920"},{"fixed":"871c148f8e0c32e505df9393ba4a303c3c3fe988"},{"fixed":"04c0b0f37617099479c34e207c5550d081f585a6"},{"fixed":"b1ee0aa4945c49cbbd779da81040fcec4de80fd1"},{"fixed":"6afdcb285794e75d2c8995e3a44f523c176cc2de"},{"fixed":"612824dd0c9465ef365ace38b056c663d110956d"},{"fixed":"3d8558135cd56a2a8052024be4073e160f36658c"},{"fixed":"7402c4bcb8a3f0d2ef4e687cd45c76be489cf509"},{"fixed":"bcddf52b7a17adcebc768d26f4e27cf79adb424c"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53172.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}