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

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/04/02 00:49
Subsystems: net bpf
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Reported-by: syzbot+431f9a9e3f5227fbb904@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 50d, last: 2d06h
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a86997dd-8959-444f-b653-afe66ca990b3 repro 💥 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg 2026/03/10 12:17 2026/03/10 12:17 2026/03/10 12:17 5c03941b7fba0fd3b0326afc981322c89fe9ba52+ failed to run ["git" "pull" "origin" "HEAD" "--depth=1" "--allow-unrelated-histories"]: exit status 1
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH] udp_bpf: fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg() 4 (4) 2026/04/02 17:23
[syzbot] [net?] [bpf?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg 0 (3) 2026/04/02 04:28
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/02 04:28 24m kartikey406@gmail.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main report log
2026/04/02 02:16 1h22m kartikey406@gmail.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git main report log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sk_msg_recvmsg+0x19b/0xe70 net/core/skmsg.c:431
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807eeac2b0 by task syz.0.31/6071

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6071 Comm: syz.0.31 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 __sk_msg_recvmsg+0x19b/0xe70 net/core/skmsg.c:431
 udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x196/0xac0 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:83
 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1071 [inline]
 sock_recvmsg+0x155/0x1b0 net/socket.c:1093
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1e6/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2805
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2847
 do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2942
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3016 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3032 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3032
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4a3579c819
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4a365f2028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4a35a16180 RCX: 00007f4a3579c819
RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000400 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f4a35832c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000040000021 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4a35a16218 R14: 00007f4a35a16180 R15: 00007ffda3b0e6c8
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 6069:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x31c/0x660 mm/slub.c:5380
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 alloc_sk_msg net/core/skmsg.c:525 [inline]
 sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x5e/0x370 net/core/skmsg.c:627
 sk_psock_verdict_apply net/core/skmsg.c:1062 [inline]
 sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x7d9/0x8d0 net/core/skmsg.c:1260
 udp_read_skb+0x5d9/0x6b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2014
 sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x12d/0x590 net/core/skmsg.c:1281
 __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0xc4b/0x12e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1745
 __udp_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv4/udp.c:2311 [inline]
 udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x831/0x1230 net/ipv4/udp.c:2401
 __udp4_lib_mcast_deliver+0xad7/0xb70 net/ipv4/udp.c:2513
 udp_rcv+0xcc2/0x24c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2638
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x282/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207
 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x3bb/0x6f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241
 NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
 dst_input include/net/dst.h:480 [inline]
 ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x1f0/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:623
 ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:667 [inline]
 ip_sublist_rcv+0x5c6/0xa70 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:683
 ip_list_rcv+0x3f1/0x450 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:717
 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:6233 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x7e5/0x810 net/core/dev.c:6280
 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:6332 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x995/0xcf0 net/core/dev.c:6423
 netif_receive_skb_list+0x55/0x4b0 net/core/dev.c:6475
 xdp_recv_frames net/bpf/test_run.c:269 [inline]
 xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:350 [inline]
 bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x1946/0x1cf0 net/bpf/test_run.c:379
 bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x81c/0x1160 net/bpf/test_run.c:1397
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x2c7/0x340 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4722
 __sys_bpf+0x643/0x950 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6246
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6341 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6339 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6339
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 6070:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2685 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6165 [inline]
 kfree+0x1c1/0x630 mm/slub.c:6483
 kfree_sk_msg include/linux/skmsg.h:418 [inline]
 __sk_msg_recvmsg+0xc7e/0xe70 net/core/skmsg.c:491
 udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x196/0xac0 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:83
 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1071 [inline]
 sock_recvmsg+0x155/0x1b0 net/socket.c:1093
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1e6/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2805
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2847
 do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2942
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3016 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3032 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3032
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88807eeac000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
The buggy address is located 688 bytes inside of
 freed 1024-byte region [ffff88807eeac000, ffff88807eeac400)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x7eea8
head: order:3 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 ffff88813fea6dc0 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813fea6dc0 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000800100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000003 ffffea0001fbaa01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2820(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 176, tgid 176 (kworker/u8:7), ts 108779589894, free_ts 108254079914
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x231/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:1889
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1897 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24dc/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3962
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5250
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3292 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x77/0x660 mm/slub.c:3481
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3539 [inline]
 refill_objects+0x331/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:7175
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2812 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2e6/0x730 mm/slub.c:4615
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4717 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4851 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5259 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x474/0x760 mm/slub.c:5272
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 ieee802_11_parse_elems_full+0x159/0x2ab0 net/mac80211/parse.c:1051
 ieee802_11_parse_elems net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:2496 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_beacon net/mac80211/ibss.c:1565 [inline]
 ieee80211_ibss_rx_queued_mgmt+0x4ca/0x2ce0 net/mac80211/ibss.c:1596
 ieee80211_iface_process_skb net/mac80211/iface.c:1757 [inline]
 ieee80211_iface_work+0x845/0x1380 net/mac80211/iface.c:1811
 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x2ab/0x4a0 net/wireless/core.c:513
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
page last free pid 6064 tgid 6061 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1433 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc2b/0xdb0 mm/page_alloc.c:2978
 __slab_free+0x263/0x2b0 mm/slub.c:5573
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4538 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5259 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x316/0x760 mm/slub.c:5272
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954 [inline]
 iovec_from_user+0x87/0x250 lib/iov_iter.c:1321
 __import_iovec+0x163/0x7e0 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
 import_iovec+0x73/0xa0 lib/iov_iter.c:1440
 copy_msghdr_from_user net/socket.c:2522 [inline]
 recvmsg_copy_msghdr net/socket.c:2771 [inline]
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x4bd/0x590 net/socket.c:2843
 do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2942
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3016 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3032 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3032
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88807eeac180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88807eeac200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88807eeac280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                     ^
 ffff88807eeac300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88807eeac380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/01 01:09 net-next 93d04e76bcf1 aeea1c72 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg
2026/03/25 00:21 net-next a4b908c89d88 74e70d19 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg
2026/02/11 11:35 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg
2026/03/31 22:16 net-next 93d04e76bcf1 aeea1c72 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg
2026/03/24 22:42 net-next a4b908c89d88 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __sk_msg_recvmsg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.