GHSA-77VX-JC7R-586M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 15:31 – Updated: 2026-02-18 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slab: Add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook for memcg_alloc_abort_single
When CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG is enabled, the following warning may be noticed:
[ 3959.023862] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 3959.023891] alloc_tag was not cleared (got tag for lib/xarray.c:378) [ 3959.023947] WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:155 at alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178, CPU#6: mkfs.ntfs/113998 [ 3959.023978] Modules linked in: dns_resolver tun brd overlay exfat btrfs blake2b libblake2b xor xor_neon raid6_pq loop sctp ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 rfkill sunrpc vfat fat sg fuse nfnetlink sr_mod virtio_gpu cdrom drm_client_lib virtio_dma_buf drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper ghash_ce drm sm4 backlight virtio_net net_failover virtio_scsi failover virtio_console virtio_blk virtio_mmio dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath dm_mod i2c_dev aes_neon_bs aes_ce_blk [last unloaded: hwpoison_inject] [ 3959.024170] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 113998 Comm: mkfs.ntfs Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.19.0-rc7+ #7 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 3959.024182] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 3959.024186] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 [ 3959.024192] pstate: 604000c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 3959.024199] pc : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178 [ 3959.024207] lr : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178 [ 3959.024214] sp : ffff80008b696d60 [ 3959.024219] x29: ffff80008b696d60 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000240 [ 3959.024232] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000240 x24: ffff800085d17860 [ 3959.024245] x23: 0000000000402800 x22: ffff0000c0012dc0 x21: 00000000000002d0 [ 3959.024257] x20: ffff0000e6ef3318 x19: ffff800085ae0410 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 3959.024269] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 3959.024281] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff600064101293 [ 3959.024292] x11: 1fffe00064101292 x10: ffff600064101292 x9 : dfff800000000000 [ 3959.024305] x8 : 00009fff9befed6e x7 : ffff000320809493 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 3959.024316] x5 : ffff000320809490 x4 : ffff600064101293 x3 : ffff800080691838 [ 3959.024328] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000d5bcd640 [ 3959.024340] Call trace: [ 3959.024346] alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178 (P) [ 3959.024355] __alloc_tagging_slab_alloc_hook+0x11c/0x1a8 [ 3959.024362] kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x1b8/0x5e8 [ 3959.024369] xas_alloc+0x304/0x4f0 [ 3959.024381] xas_create+0x1e0/0x4a0 [ 3959.024388] xas_store+0x68/0xda8 [ 3959.024395] __filemap_add_folio+0x5b0/0xbd8 [ 3959.024409] filemap_add_folio+0x16c/0x7e0 [ 3959.024416] __filemap_get_folio_mpol+0x2dc/0x9e8 [ 3959.024424] iomap_get_folio+0xfc/0x180 [ 3959.024435] __iomap_get_folio+0x2f8/0x4b8 [ 3959.024441] iomap_write_begin+0x198/0xc18 [ 3959.024448] iomap_write_iter+0x2ec/0x8f8 [ 3959.024454] iomap_file_buffered_write+0x19c/0x290 [ 3959.024461] blkdev_write_iter+0x38c/0x978 [ 3959.024470] vfs_write+0x4d4/0x928 [ 3959.024482] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1f8 [ 3959.024489] __arm64_sys_write+0x74/0xb0 [ 3959.024496] invoke_syscall+0xd4/0x258 [ 3959.024507] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb4/0x240 [ 3959.024514] do_el0_svc+0x48/0x68 [ 3959.024520] el0_svc+0x40/0xf8 [ 3959.024526] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8 [ 3959.024533] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0 [ 3959.024540] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
When __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook() fails, there are two different free paths depending on whether size == 1 or size != 1. In the kmem_cache_free_bulk() path, we do call alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook(). However, in memcg_alloc_abort_single() we don't, the above warning will be triggered on the next allocation.
Therefore, add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook() to the memcg_alloc_abort_single() path.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23219"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-18T15:18:43Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/slab: Add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook for memcg_alloc_abort_single\n\nWhen CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG is enabled, the following warning\nmay be noticed:\n\n[ 3959.023862] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 3959.023891] alloc_tag was not cleared (got tag for lib/xarray.c:378)\n[ 3959.023947] WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:155 at alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178, CPU#6: mkfs.ntfs/113998\n[ 3959.023978] Modules linked in: dns_resolver tun brd overlay exfat btrfs blake2b libblake2b xor xor_neon raid6_pq loop sctp ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 rfkill sunrpc vfat fat sg fuse nfnetlink sr_mod virtio_gpu cdrom drm_client_lib virtio_dma_buf drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper ghash_ce drm sm4 backlight virtio_net net_failover virtio_scsi failover virtio_console virtio_blk virtio_mmio dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath dm_mod i2c_dev aes_neon_bs aes_ce_blk [last unloaded: hwpoison_inject]\n[ 3959.024170] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 113998 Comm: mkfs.ntfs Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.19.0-rc7+ #7 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n[ 3959.024182] Tainted: [W]=WARN\n[ 3959.024186] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022\n[ 3959.024192] pstate: 604000c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[ 3959.024199] pc : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178\n[ 3959.024207] lr : alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178\n[ 3959.024214] sp : ffff80008b696d60\n[ 3959.024219] x29: ffff80008b696d60 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000240\n[ 3959.024232] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000240 x24: ffff800085d17860\n[ 3959.024245] x23: 0000000000402800 x22: ffff0000c0012dc0 x21: 00000000000002d0\n[ 3959.024257] x20: ffff0000e6ef3318 x19: ffff800085ae0410 x18: 0000000000000000\n[ 3959.024269] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000\n[ 3959.024281] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff600064101293\n[ 3959.024292] x11: 1fffe00064101292 x10: ffff600064101292 x9 : dfff800000000000\n[ 3959.024305] x8 : 00009fff9befed6e x7 : ffff000320809493 x6 : 0000000000000001\n[ 3959.024316] x5 : ffff000320809490 x4 : ffff600064101293 x3 : ffff800080691838\n[ 3959.024328] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000d5bcd640\n[ 3959.024340] Call trace:\n[ 3959.024346] alloc_tag_add+0x128/0x178 (P)\n[ 3959.024355] __alloc_tagging_slab_alloc_hook+0x11c/0x1a8\n[ 3959.024362] kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x1b8/0x5e8\n[ 3959.024369] xas_alloc+0x304/0x4f0\n[ 3959.024381] xas_create+0x1e0/0x4a0\n[ 3959.024388] xas_store+0x68/0xda8\n[ 3959.024395] __filemap_add_folio+0x5b0/0xbd8\n[ 3959.024409] filemap_add_folio+0x16c/0x7e0\n[ 3959.024416] __filemap_get_folio_mpol+0x2dc/0x9e8\n[ 3959.024424] iomap_get_folio+0xfc/0x180\n[ 3959.024435] __iomap_get_folio+0x2f8/0x4b8\n[ 3959.024441] iomap_write_begin+0x198/0xc18\n[ 3959.024448] iomap_write_iter+0x2ec/0x8f8\n[ 3959.024454] iomap_file_buffered_write+0x19c/0x290\n[ 3959.024461] blkdev_write_iter+0x38c/0x978\n[ 3959.024470] vfs_write+0x4d4/0x928\n[ 3959.024482] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1f8\n[ 3959.024489] __arm64_sys_write+0x74/0xb0\n[ 3959.024496] invoke_syscall+0xd4/0x258\n[ 3959.024507] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xb4/0x240\n[ 3959.024514] do_el0_svc+0x48/0x68\n[ 3959.024520] el0_svc+0x40/0xf8\n[ 3959.024526] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8\n[ 3959.024533] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0\n[ 3959.024540] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nWhen __memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook() fails, there are two different\nfree paths depending on whether size == 1 or size != 1. In the\nkmem_cache_free_bulk() path, we do call alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook().\nHowever, in memcg_alloc_abort_single() we don\u0027t, the above warning will be\ntriggered on the next allocation.\n\nTherefore, add alloc_tagging_slab_free_hook() to the\nmemcg_alloc_abort_single() path.",
"id": "GHSA-77vx-jc7r-586m",
"modified": "2026-02-18T15:31:27Z",
"published": "2026-02-18T15:31:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23219"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bc72587c79fe52c14732e16a766b6eded00707"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c53ead2d8fa73206e0a63e9cd9aea6bc929837"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8af57e090790983591f6927b3d89ee6383f8c1e"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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