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KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete

Status: premoderation: reported syz repro on 2024/10/08 10:15
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+5d024d4d686f39096399@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 271d, last: 33d
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/06/03 android14-6.1 (ToT) 5b87067cdd87 C [report] KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/06/03 lts (merge base) 02b72ccb5f9d C Didn't crash
2025/06/03 upstream (ToT) 2043ae9019e0 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete 2 258d 282d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/19 22:14
android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete (2) 3 57d 158d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2025/01/30 03:12
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete 2 290d 312d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/29 03:40
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete 2 375d 388d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/25 05:09
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete (2) origin:downstream C 14 4d06h 116d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/03/13 02:24
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete 2 707d 795d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/08 00:22
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete (2) 2 202d 290d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/26 11:58
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete net C done 1286 357d 376d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in test_and_set_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-atomic.h:71 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_session_delete+0x27/0x4e0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1561
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88812dfbbc08 by task kworker/u4:0/8

CPU: 0 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Not tainted 6.1.138-syzkaller-00049-g5b87067cdd87 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Workqueue: l2tp l2tp_tunnel_del_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x71/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:316
 print_report+0x4a/0x60 mm/kasan/report.c:427
 kasan_report+0x122/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:531
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x280/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:37
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
 test_and_set_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-atomic.h:71 [inline]
 l2tp_session_delete+0x27/0x4e0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1561
 l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1216 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x201/0x420 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1256
 process_one_work+0x71f/0xc40 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
 worker_thread+0xa29/0x11f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
 kthread+0x281/0x320 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 3822:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:379 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x95/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:388
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:212 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:938 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xb1/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:951
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:568 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:699 [inline]
 l2tp_session_create+0x38/0xbe0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1597
 pppol2tp_connect+0xb35/0x1570 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:781
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2001 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x398/0x420 net/socket.c:2018
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2028 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2025 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2025
 x64_sys_call+0x88d/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:43
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

Freed by task 13:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_free_info+0x31/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x132/0x180 mm/kasan/common.c:241
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:249
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:178 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1745 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc2/0x190 mm/slub.c:1771
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3686 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb7/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:3702
 kfree+0x6f/0xf0 mm/slab_common.c:990
 l2tp_session_free net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:168 [inline]
 l2tp_session_dec_refcount+0xaf/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:205
 pppol2tp_session_destruct+0xb1/0xf0 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:418
 __sk_destruct+0x64/0x600 net/core/sock.c:2148
 sk_destruct net/core/sock.c:2193 [inline]
 __sk_free+0x313/0x410 net/core/sock.c:2204
 sk_free+0x54/0x90 net/core/sock.c:2215
 sock_put include/net/sock.h:2049 [inline]
 pppol2tp_put_sk+0x7a/0xb0 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:401
 rcu_do_batch+0x515/0xb90 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2297
 rcu_core+0x5a5/0xe70 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2557
 rcu_core_si+0x9/0x10 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2574
 handle_softirqs+0x1d7/0x600 kernel/softirq.c:624
 run_ksoftirqd+0x28/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:1001
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x4a0/0x910 kernel/smpboot.c:164
 kthread+0x281/0x320 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb6/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:486
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:496
 __call_rcu_common kernel/rcu/tree.c:2807 [inline]
 call_rcu+0xd4/0xf90 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2926
 pppol2tp_release+0x208/0x2d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:457
 __sock_release net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 sock_close+0xf1/0x290 net/socket.c:1390
 __fput+0x1fc/0x8f0 fs/file_table.c:320
 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:348
 task_work_run+0x1db/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9b/0xb0 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x5a/0xa0 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:87
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

Second to last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb6/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:486
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:496
 __call_rcu_common kernel/rcu/tree.c:2807 [inline]
 call_rcu+0xd4/0xf90 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2926
 pppol2tp_release+0x208/0x2d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:457
 __sock_release net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 sock_close+0xf1/0x290 net/socket.c:1390
 __fput+0x1fc/0x8f0 fs/file_table.c:320
 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:348
 task_work_run+0x1db/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9b/0xb0 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x5a/0xa0 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:87
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88812dfbbc00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff88812dfbbc00, ffff88812dfbbe00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea0004b7ee00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x12dfb8
head:ffffea0004b7ee00 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=1)
raw: 4000000000010200 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888100042f00
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x152a20(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 360, tgid 360 (syz-executor), ts 28106080799, free_ts 26667088497
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1f5/0x210 mm/page_alloc.c:2637
 prep_new_page+0x1c/0x110 mm/page_alloc.c:2644
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2c6e/0x2ce0 mm/page_alloc.c:4539
 __alloc_pages+0x19e/0x3a0 mm/page_alloc.c:5842
 alloc_slab_page+0x6e/0xf0 include/linux/gfp.h:-1
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1962 [inline]
 new_slab+0x98/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:2015
 ___slab_alloc+0x6f6/0xb50 mm/slub.c:3203
 __slab_alloc+0x5e/0xa0 mm/slub.c:3302
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3387 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x203/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:3462
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:937 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xa1/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:951
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:568 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:699 [inline]
 fib6_info_alloc+0x34/0xe0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:156
 ip6_route_info_create+0x526/0x1510 net/ipv6/route.c:3797
 addrconf_f6i_alloc+0x154/0x360 net/ipv6/route.c:4601
 fixup_permanent_addr net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3553 [inline]
 addrconf_permanent_addr+0x21f/0x8c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3592
 addrconf_notify+0x7cf/0xe40 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3664
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:87 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xa1/0x110 kernel/notifier.c:455
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1545 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1619 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x742/0x750 mm/page_alloc.c:3581
 free_unref_page+0x8f/0x530 mm/page_alloc.c:3677
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:830 [inline]
 __free_pages+0x67/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:5931
 free_pages+0x82/0x90 mm/page_alloc.c:5942
 kasan_depopulate_vmalloc_pte+0x6b/0x90 mm/kasan/shadow.c:375
 apply_to_pte_range mm/memory.c:2687 [inline]
 apply_to_pmd_range mm/memory.c:2731 [inline]
 apply_to_pud_range mm/memory.c:2767 [inline]
 apply_to_p4d_range mm/memory.c:2803 [inline]
 __apply_to_page_range+0x8c1/0xc00 mm/memory.c:2839
 apply_to_existing_page_range+0x38/0x50 mm/memory.c:2872
 kasan_release_vmalloc+0x97/0xb0 mm/kasan/shadow.c:492
 __purge_vmap_area_lazy+0xd47/0x1850 mm/vmalloc.c:1781
 drain_vmap_area_work+0x3e/0xd0 mm/vmalloc.c:1810
 process_one_work+0x71f/0xc40 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
 worker_thread+0xa29/0x11f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
 kthread+0x281/0x320 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88812dfbbb00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88812dfbbb80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88812dfbbc00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                      ^
 ffff88812dfbbc80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88812dfbbd00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (13):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/03 16:14 android14-6.1 5b87067cdd87 a30356b7 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/06/01 06:29 android14-6.1 db710ea87c32 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/05/30 00:31 android14-6.1 db710ea87c32 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/05/10 11:27 android14-6.1 646380b087a5 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/05/08 09:47 android14-6.1 646380b087a5 dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/02/28 22:01 android14-6.1 6b227a1f7460 67cf5345 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/02/17 08:33 android14-6.1 ccc915784332 40a34ec9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2025/02/03 07:07 android14-6.1 2055772eada0 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2024/11/21 23:48 android14-6.1 51bee181735e 4b25d554 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2024/11/11 00:55 android14-6.1 eef3d33656ce 6b856513 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2024/10/15 00:26 android14-6.1 4d8187d2c8fa b01b6661 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2024/10/09 19:14 android14-6.1 80e851bf0d46 56fb2cb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
2024/10/08 10:14 android14-6.1 0e8b65e41ffd 402f1df0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_session_delete
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.