# CVE-2024-53065: mm/slab: fix warning caused by duplicate kmem_cache creation in kmem_buckets_create

> A kernel bug causes boot warnings and potential instability when KASAN_HW_TAGS is enabled on arm64 due to duplicate slab cache creation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53065, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53065, GHSA-56wh-6gx4-4442, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53065

## What is CVE-2024-53065?

CVE-2024-53065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/slab: fix warning caused by duplicate kmem_cache creation in kmem_buckets_create

Commit b035f5a6d852 ("mm: slab: reduce the kmalloc() minimum alignment
if DMA bouncing possible") reduced ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN to 8 on arm64.
However, with KASAN_HW_TAGS enabled, arch_slab_minalign() becomes 16.
This causes kmalloc_caches[*][8] to be aliased to kmalloc_caches[*][16],
resulting in kmem_buckets_create() attempting to create a kmem_cache for
size 16 twice. This duplication triggers warnings on boot:

[    2.325108] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    2.325135] kmem_cache of name 'memdup_user-16' already exists
[    2.325783] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at mm/slab_common.c:107 __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.327957] Modules linked in:
[    2.328550] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5mm-unstable-arm64+ #12
[    2.328683] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS 2024.02-2 03/11/2024
[    2.328790] pstate: 61000009 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[    2.328911] pc : __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.328930] lr : __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.328942] sp : ffff800083d6fc50
[    2.328961] x29: ffff800083d6fc50 x28: f2ff0000c1674410 x27: ffff8000820b0598
[    2.329061] x26: 000000007fffffff x25: 0000000000000010 x24: 0000000000002000
[    2.329101] x23: ffff800083d6fce8 x22: ffff8000832222e8 x21: ffff800083222388
[    2.329118] x20: f2ff0000c1674410 x19: f5ff0000c16364c0 x18: ffff800083d80030
[    2.329135] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
[    2.329152] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0a73747369786520 x12: 79646165726c6120
[    2.329169] x11: 656820747563205b x10: 2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d x9 : 0000000000000000
[    2.329194] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[    2.329210] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[    2.329226] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
[    2.329291] Call trace:
[    2.329407]  __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.329499]  kmem_buckets_create+0xfc/0x320
[    2.329526]  init_user_buckets+0x34/0x78
[    2.329540]  do_one_initcall+0x64/0x3c8
[    2.329550]  kernel_init_freeable+0x26c/0x578
[    2.329562]  kernel_init+0x3c/0x258
[    2.329574]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[    2.329698] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

[    2.403704] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    2.404716] kmem_cache of name 'msg_msg-16' already exists
[    2.404801] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1 at mm/slab_common.c:107 __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.404842] Modules linked in:
[    2.404971] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G        W          6.12.0-rc5mm-unstable-arm64+ #12
[    2.405026] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[    2.405043] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS 2024.02-2 03/11/2024
[    2.405057] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[    2.405079] pc : __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.405100] lr : __kmem_cache_create_args+0xb8/0x3b0
[    2.405111] sp : ffff800083d6fc50
[    2.405115] x29: ffff800083d6fc50 x28: fbff0000c1674410 x27: ffff8000820b0598
[    2.405135] x26: 000000000000ffd0 x25: 0000000000000010 x24: 0000000000006000
[    2.405153] x23: ffff800083d6fce8 x22: ffff8000832222e8 x21: ffff800083222388
[    2.405169] x20: fbff0000c1674410 x19: fdff0000c163d6c0 x18: ffff800083d80030
[    2.405185] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
[    2.405201] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0a73747369786520 x12: 79646165726c6120
[    2.405217] x11: 656820747563205b x10: 2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d x9 : 0000000000000000
[    2.405233] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[    2.405248] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[    2.405271] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
[    2.405287] Call trace:
[    2
---truncated---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53065?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53065?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53065/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53065

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.