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KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/07/09 13:59
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+1e1f9de12b2231befdaa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 19d, last: 6d13h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver 19 1 6d05h 6d05h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/18 15:51
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver 19 3 1d02h 6d06h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/07/18 14:32

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sysfs_remove_file_ns+0x3d/0x70 fs/sysfs/file.c:522
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880674f5630 by task syz.0.2363/15688

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15688 Comm: syz.0.2363 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-next-20250717-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480
 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593
 sysfs_remove_file_ns+0x3d/0x70 fs/sysfs/file.c:522
 remove_bind_files drivers/base/bus.c:605 [inline]
 bus_remove_driver+0x198/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:743
 comedi_device_detach+0x134/0x720 drivers/comedi/drivers.c:207
 do_devconfig_ioctl drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:833 [inline]
 comedi_unlocked_ioctl+0xbd2/0xfc0 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:2156
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:584
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd788b8e929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fd789a7b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd788db5fa0 RCX: 00007fd788b8e929
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000040946400 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fd788c10ca1 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fd788db5fa0 R15: 00007ffcae1ced98
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 15610:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4365 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x27a/0x4f0 mm/slub.c:4377
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline]
 snd_midi_event_new+0x95/0x1e0 sound/core/seq/seq_midi_event.c:111
 snd_virmidi_output_open+0xf3/0x5d0 sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c:223
 open_substream+0x3f2/0x7b0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:348
 rawmidi_open_priv+0xc4/0x660 sound/core/rawmidi.c:397
 snd_rawmidi_open+0x44f/0xae0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:485
 chrdev_open+0x4cc/0x5e0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x950/0x13f0 fs/open.c:965
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x340 fs/open.c:1095
 do_open fs/namei.c:3887 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2ee5/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4046
 do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4073
 do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1435
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1450 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1466 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1461 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1461
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 15581:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2417 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4680 [inline]
 kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4879
 snd_midi_event_free+0x40/0x60 sound/core/seq/seq_midi_event.c:129
 snd_virmidi_output_close+0xa3/0x110 sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c:264
 close_substream+0x460/0x7a0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:560
 rawmidi_release_priv+0xef/0x1c0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:580
 snd_rawmidi_release+0x5b/0xc0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:610
 __fput+0x449/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:468
 task_work_run+0x1d1/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xec/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:43
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:208 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880674f5600
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 48 bytes inside of
 freed 256-byte region [ffff8880674f5600, ffff8880674f5700)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x674f4
head: order:1 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801a441b40 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801a441b40 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000001 ffffea00019d3d01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000002
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 1, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 8352, tgid 8348 (syz.3.490), ts 367102840731, free_ts 351734799490
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5148
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2416
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2487 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x8a/0x370 mm/slub.c:2655
 new_slab mm/slub.c:2709 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0xbeb/0x1410 mm/slub.c:3891
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3981 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4056 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4217 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4364 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x305/0x4f0 mm/slub.c:4377
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline]
 io_cache_alloc_new+0x40/0x100 io_uring/alloc_cache.c:40
 io_cache_alloc io_uring/alloc_cache.h:59 [inline]
 io_uring_alloc_async_data io_uring/io_uring.h:246 [inline]
 io_rw_alloc_async io_uring/rw.c:202 [inline]
 __io_prep_rw+0x23f/0xd80 io_uring/rw.c:261
 io_prep_rw io_uring/rw.c:320 [inline]
 io_prep_rwv+0x8c/0x3d0 io_uring/rw.c:342
 io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2198 [inline]
 io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2245 [inline]
 io_submit_sqes+0x8f3/0x1d10 io_uring/io_uring.c:2397
 __do_sys_io_uring_enter io_uring/io_uring.c:3464 [inline]
 __se_sys_io_uring_enter+0x2df/0x2b20 io_uring/io_uring.c:3398
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
page last free pid 7800 tgid 7800 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1395 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xbc4/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2895
 pagetable_free include/linux/mm.h:2919 [inline]
 pagetable_dtor_free include/linux/mm.h:3017 [inline]
 __tlb_remove_table+0x2d2/0x3b0 include/asm-generic/tlb.h:220
 __tlb_remove_table_free mm/mmu_gather.c:227 [inline]
 tlb_remove_table_rcu+0x85/0x100 mm/mmu_gather.c:290
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2584 [inline]
 rcu_core+0xca8/0x1710 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2840
 handle_softirqs+0x283/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:579
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:453 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xca/0x1f0 kernel/softirq.c:680
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:696
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff8880674f5500: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff8880674f5580: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff8880674f5600: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                     ^
 ffff8880674f5680: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff8880674f5700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/18 07:55 linux-next 024e09e444bd 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver
2025/07/05 18:54 linux-next 26ffb3d6f02c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver
2025/07/05 13:53 linux-next 26ffb3d6f02c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver
2025/07/05 13:53 linux-next 26ffb3d6f02c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in bus_remove_driver
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.