CVE-2026-64368

Technical 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

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References