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KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in incfs_kill_sb

Status: premoderation: reported on 2026/05/02 13:38
Reported-by: syzbot+675eba943b2213e9b5d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 51d, last: 6d07h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in incfs_kill_sb 12 1 250d 250d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/14 00:20
android-5-10 general protection fault in incfs_kill_sb 2 C done 380 1578d 1580d 2/2 fixed on 2022/05/12 07:47
android-54 general protection fault in incfs_kill_sb 2 C 2965 1565d 1599d 2/2 fixed on 2022/04/19 10:20

Sample crash report:
RBP: 00007fffac8b7da0 R08: 00007fffac8b8da0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fffac8b8e30
R13: 00007f3d7d4321ca R14: 00000000000085f9 R15: 00007fffac8b8e70
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:198 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in ihold+0x20/0x60 fs/inode.c:455
Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000170 by task syz-executor/353

CPU: 0 PID: 353 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G        W          syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0x110/0x170 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_report+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/report.c:423
 kasan_report+0x122/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:524
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x249/0x2a0 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]
 atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:198 [inline]
 ihold+0x20/0x60 fs/inode.c:455
 incfs_kill_sb+0xfe/0x210 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1995
 deactivate_locked_super+0xb5/0x120 fs/super.c:336
 deactivate_super+0xaf/0xe0 fs/super.c:367
 cleanup_mnt+0x45e/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1192
 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+0x87/0xd0 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:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
Code: a2 c7 05 5c 06 25 00 00 00 00 00 eb 96 e8 e1 12 00 00 90 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8
RSP: 002b:00007fffac8b7ce8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f3d7d39e097
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fffac8b7da0
RBP: 00007fffac8b7da0 R08: 00007fffac8b8da0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fffac8b8e30
R13: 00007f3d7d4321ca R14: 00000000000085f9 R15: 00007fffac8b8e70
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000170
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 12ff26067 P4D 12ff26067 PUD 0 
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 353 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G    B   W          syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_add_return arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:165 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:440 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:199 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ihold+0x26/0x60 fs/inode.c:455
Code: 33 36 7c df 55 48 89 e5 41 56 53 48 89 fb e8 91 1e ab ff 48 8d bb 70 01 00 00 be 04 00 00 00 e8 00 ac f0 ff 41 be 01 00 00 00 <f0> 44 0f c1 b3 70 01 00 00 41 ff c6 bf 02 00 00 00 44 89 f6 e8 81
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000e57ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff888115191400 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888115191440
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90000e57cb0 R08: ffffffff87b747e7 R09: 1ffffffff0f6e8fc
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff0f6e8fd R12: ffff88812ff38be4
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000555559fb8500(0000) GS:ffff8881f6e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000170 CR3: 00000001371d1000 CR4: 00000000003526b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 d_delete_notify include/linux/fsnotify.h:289 [inline]
 vfs_rmdir+0x24c/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:4211
 incfs_kill_sb+0xfe/0x210 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1995
 deactivate_locked_super+0xb5/0x120 fs/super.c:336
 deactivate_super+0xaf/0xe0 fs/super.c:367
 cleanup_mnt+0x45e/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1192
 __cleanup_mnt+0x19/0x20 fs/namespace.c:1199
 task_work_run+0x1e1/0x250 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+0x87/0xd0 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:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f3d7d39e097
Code: a2 c7 05 5c 06 25 00 00 00 00 00 eb 96 e8 e1 12 00 00 90 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8
RSP: 002b:00007fffac8b7ce8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f3d7d39e097
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fffac8b7da0
RBP: 00007fffac8b7da0 R08: 00007fffac8b8da0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fffac8b8e30
R13: 00007f3d7d4321ca R14: 00000000000085f9 R15: 00007fffac8b8e70
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000170
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_add_return arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:165 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:440 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_inc_return include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:199 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ihold+0x26/0x60 fs/inode.c:455
Code: 33 36 7c df 55 48 89 e5 41 56 53 48 89 fb e8 91 1e ab ff 48 8d bb 70 01 00 00 be 04 00 00 00 e8 00 ac f0 ff 41 be 01 00 00 00 <f0> 44 0f c1 b3 70 01 00 00 41 ff c6 bf 02 00 00 00 44 89 f6 e8 81
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000e57ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff888115191400 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888115191440
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90000e57cb0 R08: ffffffff87b747e7 R09: 1ffffffff0f6e8fc
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff0f6e8fd R12: ffff88812ff38be4
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000555559fb8500(0000) GS:ffff8881f6e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000170 CR3: 00000001371d1000 CR4: 00000000003526b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	a2 c7 05 5c 06 25 00 	movabs %al,0x25065c05c7
   7:	00 00
   9:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   b:	eb 96                	jmp    0xffffffa3
   d:	e8 e1 12 00 00       	call   0x12f3
  12:	90                   	nop
  13:	31 f6                	xor    %esi,%esi
  15:	e9 09 00 00 00       	jmp    0x23
  1a:	66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 	nopw   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
  21:	00 00
  23:	b8 a6 00 00 00       	mov    $0xa6,%eax
  28:	0f 05                	syscall
* 2a:	48 3d 00 f0 ff ff    	cmp    $0xfffffffffffff000,%rax <-- trapping instruction
  30:	77 01                	ja     0x33
  32:	c3                   	ret
  33:	48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff 	mov    $0xffffffffffffffe8,%rdx
  3a:	f7 d8                	neg    %eax
  3c:	64 89 02             	mov    %eax,%fs:(%rdx)
  3f:	b8                   	.byte 0xb8

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/16 23:40 android14-6.1 5f60964e9074 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in incfs_kill_sb
2026/05/16 07:48 android14-6.1 6cac23303373 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in incfs_kill_sb
2026/05/02 13:37 android14-6.1 1e4e23ff0f90 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in incfs_kill_sb
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.