---
id: CVE-2024-53172
title: 'ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching'
summary: |-
  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 cach…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    ef52b7191ac41e68b1bf070d00c5b04ed16e4920
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    871c148f8e0c32e505df9393ba4a303c3c3fe988
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    04c0b0f37617099479c34e207c5550d081f585a6
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    b1ee0aa4945c49cbbd779da81040fcec4de80fd1
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    6afdcb285794e75d2c8995e3a44f523c176cc2de
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    612824dd0c9465ef365ace38b056c663d110956d
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    3d8558135cd56a2a8052024be4073e160f36658c
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    7402c4bcb8a3f0d2ef4e687cd45c76be489cf509
  - >-
    Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 <
    bcddf52b7a17adcebc768d26f4e27cf79adb424c
  - Linux 4.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T20:28:07.310506Z'
published: '2024-12-27'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T20:31:22.613Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53172'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef52b7191ac41e68b1bf070d00c5b04ed16e4920'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871c148f8e0c32e505df9393ba4a303c3c3fe988'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c0b0f37617099479c34e207c5550d081f585a6'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ee0aa4945c49cbbd779da81040fcec4de80fd1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6afdcb285794e75d2c8995e3a44f523c176cc2de'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612824dd0c9465ef365ace38b056c663d110956d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8558135cd56a2a8052024be4073e160f36658c'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7402c4bcb8a3f0d2ef4e687cd45c76be489cf509'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcddf52b7a17adcebc768d26f4e27cf79adb424c'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0025
epssPercentile: 0.16396
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.829Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < ef52b7191ac41e68b1bf070d00c5b04ed16e4920`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 871c148f8e0c32e505df9393ba4a303c3c3fe988`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 04c0b0f37617099479c34e207c5550d081f585a6`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < b1ee0aa4945c49cbbd779da81040fcec4de80fd1`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 6afdcb285794e75d2c8995e3a44f523c176cc2de`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 612824dd0c9465ef365ace38b056c663d110956d`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 3d8558135cd56a2a8052024be4073e160f36658c`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < 7402c4bcb8a3f0d2ef4e687cd45c76be489cf509`
- `Linux >= d2158f69a7d469c21c37f7028c18aa8c54707de3 < bcddf52b7a17adcebc768d26f4e27cf79adb424c`
- `Linux 4.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.