# CVE-2024-53172: ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching

> A kernel warning triggered by duplicate slab cache names in UBI fastmap attachment can cause system instability or crashes when debug options are enabled.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53172, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53172, GHSA-jrx3-xfh8-49wm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53172

## What is CVE-2024-53172?

CVE-2024-53172 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:

ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching

Since commit 4c39529663b9 ("slab: Warn on duplicate cache names when
DEBUG_VM=y"), the duplicate slab cache names can be detected and a
kernel WARNING is thrown out.
In UBI fast attaching process, alloc_ai() could be invoked twice
with the same slab cache name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache', which will trigger
following warning messages:
 kmem_cache of name 'ubi_aeb_slab_cache' already exists
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7519 at mm/slab_common.c:107
          __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0
 Modules linked in: ubi(+) nandsim [last unloaded: nandsim]
 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7519 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G 6.12.0-rc2
 RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0
 Call Trace:
   __kmem_cache_create_args+0x100/0x5f0
   alloc_ai+0x295/0x3f0 [ubi]
   ubi_attach+0x3c3/0xcc0 [ubi]
   ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x17cf/0x3fa0 [ubi]
   ubi_init+0x3fb/0x800 [ubi]
   do_init_module+0x265/0x7d0
   __x64_sys_finit_module+0x7a/0xc0

The problem could be easily reproduced by loading UBI device by fastmap
with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
Fix it by using different slab names for alloc_ai() callers.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53172?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53172 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-53172 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-2024-53172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53172

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