KASAN: use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 17:41
Reported-by: syzbot+87dbffac2a6e7f925710@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 3d08h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/08/09 upstream (ToT) [unknown] C Failed due to an error; will retry later
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback usb prio:high actionable 19 1 6d00h 1d12h 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/08/14 01:30

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in usa49_glocont_callback+0x19f/0x270 drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c:1044
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881437dbbb0 by task kworker/1:0/21

CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x60/0x2d0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:434 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:451
 usa49_glocont_callback+0x19f/0x270 drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c:1044
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x35d/0x520 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1672
 dummy_timer+0xa41/0x33c0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1998
 call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1648
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1699 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x56c/0x810 kernel/time/timer.c:1970
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1983
 handle_softirqs+0x336/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0xc90/0x10f0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2749
Code: 75 11 e8 13 df 18 00 4d 85 e4 75 16 e8 09 df 18 00 eb 15 e8 02 df 18 00 e8 dd f6 5f 08 4d 85 e4 74 ea e8 f3 de 18 00 fb 31 ff <89> de e8 49 e2 18 00 85 db 0f 94 c0 22 44 24 1f 3c 01 75 1f e8 d7
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000db6de0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff81601dbd RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888017a09dc0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90000db7050 R08: ffffffff901ee0c7 R09: 1ffffffff203dc18
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203dc19 R12: 0000000000000200
R13: 0000000000000069 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000
 vprintk_emit+0xc0/0x150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2274
 dev_vprintk_emit+0x2c2/0x360 drivers/base/core.c:4665
 dev_printk_emit+0xeb/0x140 drivers/base/core.c:4676
 _dev_info+0x11b/0x170 drivers/base/core.c:4734
 usb_serial_device_remove+0x149/0x1e0 drivers/usb/serial/bus.c:99
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1247 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x44c/0x710 drivers/base/dd.c:1282
 bus_remove_device+0x2dd/0x400 drivers/base/bus.c:531
 device_del+0x63f/0xa80 drivers/base/core.c:3615
 usb_serial_disconnect+0x294/0x480 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:1202
 usb_unbind_interface+0x203/0x870 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1249 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x487/0x710 drivers/base/dd.c:1282
 bus_remove_device+0x2dd/0x400 drivers/base/bus.c:531
 device_del+0x63f/0xa80 drivers/base/core.c:3615
 usb_disable_device+0x3e7/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1472
 usb_disconnect+0x33c/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2287
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5341 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1d64/0x5260 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 4275:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:513 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaf/0xe0 mm/kasan/common.c:522
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 keyspan_port_probe+0xa7/0xd10 drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c:2890
 usb_serial_device_probe+0xd6/0x2d0 drivers/usb/serial/bus.c:47
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x276/0xc70 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:775
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:805
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:927
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:999
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3427
 usb_serial_probe+0x265c/0x2c90 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:1149
 usb_probe_interface+0x5be/0xae0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x276/0xc70 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:775
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:805
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:927
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:999
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3427
 usb_set_configuration+0x19d5/0x2030 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2223
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x89/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x126/0x250 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x276/0xc70 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:775
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:805
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:927
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:999
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3427
 usb_new_device+0x9f6/0x15d0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2632
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5497 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2b8d/0x5260 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

Freed by task 21:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xec/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 usb_serial_device_remove+0x11c/0x1e0 drivers/usb/serial/bus.c:97
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1247 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x44c/0x710 drivers/base/dd.c:1282
 bus_remove_device+0x2dd/0x400 drivers/base/bus.c:531
 device_del+0x63f/0xa80 drivers/base/core.c:3615
 usb_serial_disconnect+0x294/0x480 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:1202
 usb_unbind_interface+0x203/0x870 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1249 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x487/0x710 drivers/base/dd.c:1282
 bus_remove_device+0x2dd/0x400 drivers/base/bus.c:531
 device_del+0x63f/0xa80 drivers/base/core.c:3615
 usb_disable_device+0x3e7/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1472
 usb_disconnect+0x33c/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2287
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5341 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1d64/0x5260 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881437dbb00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 176 bytes inside of
 192-byte region [ffff8881437dbb00, ffff8881437dbbc0)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00050df6c0 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff8881437db800 pfn:0x1437db
flags: 0x57ff00000000200(slab|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 057ff00000000200 ffffea00050df488 ffff888140000648 ffff888016c41a00
raw: ffff8881437db800 0000000000100007 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x12cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY), pid 1, ts 2328826578, free_ts 0
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2426 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24f6/0x2670 mm/page_alloc.c:4192
 __alloc_pages+0x1ee/0x480 mm/page_alloc.c:5501
 alloc_page_interleave+0x24/0x1e0 mm/mempolicy.c:2031
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1780 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1917 [inline]
 new_slab+0xc0/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:1980
 ___slab_alloc+0x807/0xdd0 mm/slub.c:3013
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3100 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xf9/0x290 mm/slub.c:3250
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 call_usermodehelper_setup+0x8a/0x260 kernel/umh.c:365
 kobject_uevent_env+0x658/0x890 lib/kobject_uevent.c:629
 kernel_add_sysfs_param+0xfb/0x120 kernel/params.c:802
 param_sysfs_builtin+0x183/0x200 kernel/params.c:837
 param_sysfs_init+0x66/0x70 kernel/params.c:958
 do_one_initcall+0x272/0x730 init/main.c:1315
 do_initcall_level+0x13d/0x1f0 init/main.c:1388
 do_initcalls+0x4b/0x90 init/main.c:1404
 kernel_init_freeable+0x3d5/0x560 init/main.c:1628
 kernel_init+0x19/0x1b0 init/main.c:1519
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff8881437dba80: 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff8881437dbb00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff8881437dbb80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                                     ^
 ffff8881437dbc00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff8881437dbc80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	75 11                	jne    0x13
   2:	e8 13 df 18 00       	call   0x18df1a
   7:	4d 85 e4             	test   %r12,%r12
   a:	75 16                	jne    0x22
   c:	e8 09 df 18 00       	call   0x18df1a
  11:	eb 15                	jmp    0x28
  13:	e8 02 df 18 00       	call   0x18df1a
  18:	e8 dd f6 5f 08       	call   0x85ff6fa
  1d:	4d 85 e4             	test   %r12,%r12
  20:	74 ea                	je     0xc
  22:	e8 f3 de 18 00       	call   0x18df1a
  27:	fb                   	sti
  28:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
* 2a:	89 de                	mov    %ebx,%esi <-- trapping instruction
  2c:	e8 49 e2 18 00       	call   0x18e27a
  31:	85 db                	test   %ebx,%ebx
  33:	0f 94 c0             	sete   %al
  36:	22 44 24 1f          	and    0x1f(%rsp),%al
  3a:	3c 01                	cmp    $0x1,%al
  3c:	75 1f                	jne    0x5d
  3e:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3f:	d7                   	xlat   %ds:(%rbx)

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/08 20:05 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback
2026/08/12 04:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback
2026/08/04 17:41 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback
2026/08/04 17:40 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in usa49_glocont_callback
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.