In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slub: actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning
It turns out that SLUB redzoning ("slub_debugZ") checks from
s->object_size rather than from s->inuse (which is normally bumped to
make room for the freelist pointer), so a cache created with an object
size less than 24 would have the freelist pointer written beyond
s->object_size, causing the redzone to be corrupted by the freelist
pointer. This was very visible with "slub_debugZF":
BUG test (Tainted: G B ): Right Redzone overwritten
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INFO: 0xffff957ead1c05de-0xffff957ead1c05df @offset1502. First byte 0x1a instead of 0xbb
INFO: Slab 0xffffef3950b47000 objects170 used170 fp0x0000000000000000 flags0x8000000000000200
INFO: Object 0xffff957ead1c05d8 @offset1496 fp0xffff957ead1c0620
Redzone (____ptrval____): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ........
Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 f6 f4 a5 ........
Redzone (____ptrval____): 40 1d e8 1a aa @....
Padding (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Adjust the offset to stay within s->object_size.
(Note that no caches of in this size range are known to exist in the
kernel currently.)
Publication date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:15:00 +0000