# CVE-2025-37908: mm, slab: clean up slab-\>obj\_exts always

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-20 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, slab: clean up slab->obj_exts always When memory allocation profiling is disabled at runtime or due to an error, shutdown_mem_profiling() is called: slab->obj_exts which previously allocated remains. It won't be cleared by unaccount_slab() because of mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() not true. It's incorrect, slab->obj_exts should always be cleaned up in unaccount_slab() to avoid following error: [...]BUG: Bad page state in process... .. [...]page dumped because: page still charged to cgroup [andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com: fold need_slab_obj_ext() into its only user]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab2a13059a475b6392550f882276e170fe2fcff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01db0e1a48345aa1937f3bdfc7c7108d03ebcf7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be8250786ca94952a19ce87f98ad9906448bc9ef

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