--- a/include/linux/slab.h~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
  */
 /* DEBUG: Perform (expensive) checks on alloc/free */
 #define SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS	((slab_flags_t __force)0x00000100U)
+/* DEBUG: Silent bug reports */
+#define SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS	((slab_flags_t __force)0x00000200U)
 /* DEBUG: Red zone objs in a cache */
 #define SLAB_RED_ZONE		((slab_flags_t __force)0x00000400U)
 /* DEBUG: Poison objects */
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned int usersize;		/* Usercopy region size */
 
 	struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES];
+
+	int errors;			/* Number of errors in cache */
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2429,6 +2429,11 @@ config BITS_TEST
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config SLUB_KUNIT_TEST
+	tristate "KUnit Test for SLUB cache error detection" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	depends on SLUB_DEBUG && KUNIT
+	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+
 config TEST_UDELAY
 	tristate "udelay test driver"
 	help
--- a/lib/Makefile~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/lib/Makefile
@@ -353,5 +353,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LIST_KUNIT_TEST) += list-te
 obj-$(CONFIG_LINEAR_RANGES_TEST) += test_linear_ranges.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BITS_TEST) += test_bits.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMDLINE_KUNIT_TEST) += cmdline_kunit.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SLUB_KUNIT_TEST) += test_slub.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED) += devmem_is_allowed.o
--- /dev/null
+++ a/lib/test_slub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include "../mm/slab.h"
+
+
+static void test_clobber_zone(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_RZ_alloc", 64, 0,
+				SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS, NULL);
+	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	p[64] = 0x12;
+
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, s->errors);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
+}
+
+static void test_next_pointer(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_next_ptr_free", 64, 0,
+				SLAB_POISON | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS, NULL);
+	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+	unsigned long tmp;
+	unsigned long *ptr_addr;
+
+	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
+
+	ptr_addr = (unsigned long *)(p + s->offset);
+	tmp = *ptr_addr;
+	p[s->offset] = 0x12;
+
+	/*
+	 * Expecting two errors.
+	 * One for the corrupted freechain and the other one for the wrong
+	 * count of objects in use.
+	 */
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2, s->errors);
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to repair corrupted freepointer.
+	 * Still expecting one error for the wrong count of objects in use.
+	 */
+	*ptr_addr = tmp;
+
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, s->errors);
+
+	/*
+	 * Previous validation repaired the count of objects in use.
+	 * Now expecting no error.
+	 */
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, s->errors);
+
+	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
+}
+
+static void test_first_word(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_1th_word_free", 64, 0,
+				SLAB_POISON | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS, NULL);
+	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
+	*p = 0x78;
+
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, s->errors);
+
+	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
+}
+
+static void test_clobber_50th_byte(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_50th_word_free", 64, 0,
+				SLAB_POISON | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS, NULL);
+	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
+	p[50] = 0x9a;
+
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, s->errors);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
+}
+
+static void test_clobber_redzone_free(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_create("TestSlub_RZ_free", 64, 0,
+				SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS, NULL);
+	u8 *p = kmem_cache_alloc(s, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(s, p);
+	p[64] = 0xab;
+
+	validate_slab_cache(s);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, s->errors);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(s);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case test_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_clobber_zone),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_next_pointer),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_first_word),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_clobber_50th_byte),
+	KUNIT_CASE(test_clobber_redzone_free),
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite test_suite = {
+	.name = "slub_test",
+	.test_cases = test_cases,
+};
+kunit_test_suite(test_suite);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--- a/mm/slab_common.c~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static DECLARE_WORK(slab_caches_to_rcu_d
  */
 #define SLAB_NEVER_MERGE (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
 		SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | \
-		SLAB_FAILSLAB | kasan_never_merge())
+		SLAB_FAILSLAB | SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS | kasan_never_merge())
 
 #define SLAB_MERGE_SAME (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_CACHE_DMA | \
 			 SLAB_CACHE_DMA32 | SLAB_ACCOUNT)
--- a/mm/slab.h~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/mm/slab.h
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ static inline slab_flags_t kmem_cache_fl
 #define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG)
 #define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
-			  SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS)
+			  SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS | \
+			  SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)
 #else
 #define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (0)
 #endif
@@ -164,7 +165,8 @@ static inline slab_flags_t kmem_cache_fl
 			      SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | \
 			      SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | \
 			      SLAB_TEMPORARY | \
-			      SLAB_ACCOUNT)
+			      SLAB_ACCOUNT | \
+			      SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)
 
 bool __kmem_cache_empty(struct kmem_cache *);
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(slub_debug_enabl
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(slub_debug_enabled);
 #endif
 extern void print_tracking(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object);
+long validate_slab_cache(struct kmem_cache *s);
 #else
 static inline void print_tracking(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 {
--- a/mm/slub.c~kunit-add-a-kunit-test-for-slub-debugging-functionality
+++ a/mm/slub.c
@@ -674,14 +674,16 @@ static void slab_bug(struct kmem_cache *
 
 static void slab_fix(struct kmem_cache *s, char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	struct va_format vaf;
-	va_list args;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vaf.fmt = fmt;
-	vaf.va = &args;
-	pr_err("FIX %s: %pV\n", s->name, &vaf);
-	va_end(args);
+	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)) {
+		struct va_format vaf;
+		va_list args;
+
+		va_start(args, fmt);
+		vaf.fmt = fmt;
+		vaf.va = &args;
+		pr_err("FIX %s: %pV\n", s->name, &vaf);
+		va_end(args);
+	}
 }
 
 static bool freelist_corrupted(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
@@ -740,8 +742,10 @@ static void print_trailer(struct kmem_ca
 void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 			u8 *object, char *reason)
 {
-	slab_bug(s, "%s", reason);
-	print_trailer(s, page, object);
+	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)) {
+		slab_bug(s, "%s", reason);
+		print_trailer(s, page, object);
+	}
 }
 
 static __printf(3, 4) void slab_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
@@ -753,9 +757,11 @@ static __printf(3, 4) void slab_err(stru
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	slab_bug(s, "%s", buf);
-	print_page_info(page);
-	dump_stack();
+	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)) {
+		slab_bug(s, "%s", buf);
+		print_page_info(page);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 }
 
 static void init_object(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, u8 val)
@@ -799,11 +805,13 @@ static int check_bytes_and_report(struct
 	while (end > fault && end[-1] == value)
 		end--;
 
-	slab_bug(s, "%s overwritten", what);
-	pr_err("0x%p-0x%p @offset=%tu. First byte 0x%x instead of 0x%x\n",
+	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_SILENT_ERRORS)) {
+		slab_bug(s, "%s overwritten", what);
+		pr_err("0x%p-0x%p @offset=%tu. First byte 0x%x instead of 0x%x\n",
 					fault, end - 1, fault - addr,
 					fault[0], value);
-	print_trailer(s, page, object);
+		print_trailer(s, page, object);
+	}
 
 	restore_bytes(s, what, value, fault, end);
 	return 0;
@@ -965,6 +973,7 @@ static int check_slab(struct kmem_cache
 
 	if (!PageSlab(page)) {
 		slab_err(s, page, "Not a valid slab page");
+		s->errors += 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -972,11 +981,13 @@ static int check_slab(struct kmem_cache
 	if (page->objects > maxobj) {
 		slab_err(s, page, "objects %u > max %u",
 			page->objects, maxobj);
+		s->errors += 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (page->inuse > page->objects) {
 		slab_err(s, page, "inuse %u > max %u",
 			page->inuse, page->objects);
+		s->errors += 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* Slab_pad_check fixes things up after itself */
@@ -1009,8 +1020,10 @@ static int on_freelist(struct kmem_cache
 				page->freelist = NULL;
 				page->inuse = page->objects;
 				slab_fix(s, "Freelist cleared");
+				s->errors += 1;
 				return 0;
 			}
+			s->errors += 1;
 			break;
 		}
 		object = fp;
@@ -1027,12 +1040,14 @@ static int on_freelist(struct kmem_cache
 			 page->objects, max_objects);
 		page->objects = max_objects;
 		slab_fix(s, "Number of objects adjusted.");
+		s->errors += 1;
 	}
 	if (page->inuse != page->objects - nr) {
 		slab_err(s, page, "Wrong object count. Counter is %d but counted were %d",
 			 page->inuse, page->objects - nr);
 		page->inuse = page->objects - nr;
 		slab_fix(s, "Object count adjusted.");
+		s->errors += 1;
 	}
 	return search == NULL;
 }
@@ -4641,8 +4656,10 @@ static void validate_slab(struct kmem_ca
 		u8 val = test_bit(__obj_to_index(s, addr, p), map) ?
 			 SLUB_RED_INACTIVE : SLUB_RED_ACTIVE;
 
-		if (!check_object(s, page, p, val))
+		if (!check_object(s, page, p, val)) {
+			s->errors += 1;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 	put_map(map);
 unlock:
@@ -4662,9 +4679,11 @@ static int validate_slab_node(struct kme
 		validate_slab(s, page);
 		count++;
 	}
-	if (count != n->nr_partial)
+	if (count != n->nr_partial) {
 		pr_err("SLUB %s: %ld partial slabs counted but counter=%ld\n",
 		       s->name, count, n->nr_partial);
+		s->errors += 1;
+	}
 
 	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER))
 		goto out;
@@ -4673,20 +4692,23 @@ static int validate_slab_node(struct kme
 		validate_slab(s, page);
 		count++;
 	}
-	if (count != atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs))
+	if (count != atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs)) {
 		pr_err("SLUB: %s %ld slabs counted but counter=%ld\n",
 		       s->name, count, atomic_long_read(&n->nr_slabs));
+		s->errors += 1;
+	}
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
 	return count;
 }
 
-static long validate_slab_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
+long validate_slab_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	int node;
 	unsigned long count = 0;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
+	s->errors = 0;
 
 	flush_all(s);
 	for_each_kmem_cache_node(s, node, n)
@@ -4694,6 +4716,8 @@ static long validate_slab_cache(struct k
 
 	return count;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(validate_slab_cache);
+
 /*
  * Generate lists of code addresses where slabcache objects are allocated
  * and freed.
