In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slab: return NULL early from kmalloc_nolock() in NMI on UP
On UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a result, kmalloc_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter the slab allocator and acquire n->list_lock that the interrupted context is already holding, corrupting slab state.
With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with the slub_kunit test module:
BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243 [...] Call Trace: <NMI> dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60 do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50 _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50 get_from_partial_node+0x120/0x4d0 ___slab_alloc+0x8a/0x4c0 kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310 [...] </NMI>
Fix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-tools | Jun 23, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
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