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

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/27 03:29
Subsystems: nvme
Labels: prio:normal actionable
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Reported-by: syzbot+b0996ac2197dd7420c3e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d12h, last: 10h00m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
b44b8a94 moderation Actionable: ✅ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link 2026/08/27 02:39 2026/08/27 02:39 2026/08/27 03:28 a2b77b9e
1d9b9260 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link 2026/08/26 14:11 2026/08/26 17:40 2026/08/26 18:34 a2b77b9e
d838bdb9 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link 2026/08/24 00:58 2026/08/24 00:58 2026/08/24 01:51 1e72964b
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[syzbot] [nvme?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link 0 (2) 2026/08/27 10:01
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Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/27 07:33 14m nogikh@google.com git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c report job log log

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000022: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000110-0x0000000000000117]
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6022 Comm: syz-executor823 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link+0x108/0x390 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:1076
Code: 00 00 4d 89 66 10 48 c7 c7 e0 d9 f3 8f 4d 8d af 10 01 00 00 e8 29 aa 1f 05 4c 89 ea 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 f0 01 00 00 49 8b 9f 10 01 00 00 4c 39 eb 0f 84
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000283fc88 EFLAGS: 00010206

RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff8880271f8498 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000022 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffffff8ff44260 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffffbfff1fe7b3d
R10: ffffffff8ff3d9ef R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88802c543000
R13: 0000000000000110 R14: ffff88803dc39b80 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f53b85796c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d5da2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f53b5572ff8 CR3: 0000000055990000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 configfs_symlink+0x540/0x11f0 fs/configfs/symlink.c:196
 vfs_symlink fs/namei.c:5794 [inline]
 vfs_symlink+0x178/0x4d0 fs/namei.c:5773
 filename_symlinkat+0x2a6/0x560 fs/namei.c:5819
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:5839 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:5834 [inline]
 __x64_sys_symlinkat+0x9c/0xe0 fs/namei.c:5834
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f53b85ae459
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 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 d0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f53b85791f8 EFLAGS: 00000246
 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000010a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f53b861b028 RCX: 00007f53b85ae459
RDX: 00007f53b861b028 RSI: 00000000ffffff9c RDI: 00007f53b861b060
RBP: 00007f53b861b060 R08: 00007f53b85796c0 R09: 00007f53b85796c0
R10: 00007f53b85796c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffffffffffffffd0
R13: 0000000000000010 R14: 00007ffff5cb1e50 R15: 00007ffff5cb1f38
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link+0x108/0x390 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:1076
Code: 00 00 4d 89 66 10 48 c7 c7 e0 d9 f3 8f 4d 8d af 10 01 00 00 e8 29 aa 1f 05 4c 89 ea 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 f0 01 00 00 49 8b 9f 10 01 00 00 4c 39 eb 0f 84
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000283fc88 EFLAGS: 00010206

RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff8880271f8498 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000022 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffffff8ff44260 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffffbfff1fe7b3d
R10: ffffffff8ff3d9ef R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88802c543000
R13: 0000000000000110 R14: ffff88803dc39b80 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f53b85796c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d5da2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f53b5572ff8 CR3: 0000000055990000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   2:	4d 89 66 10          	mov    %r12,0x10(%r14)
   6:	48 c7 c7 e0 d9 f3 8f 	mov    $0xffffffff8ff3d9e0,%rdi
   d:	4d 8d af 10 01 00 00 	lea    0x110(%r15),%r13
  14:	e8 29 aa 1f 05       	call   0x51faa42
  19:	4c 89 ea             	mov    %r13,%rdx
  1c:	48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rax
  23:	fc ff df
  26:	48 c1 ea 03          	shr    $0x3,%rdx
* 2a:	80 3c 02 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rdx,%rax,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	0f 85 f0 01 00 00    	jne    0x224
  34:	49 8b 9f 10 01 00 00 	mov    0x110(%r15),%rbx
  3b:	4c 39 eb             	cmp    %r13,%rbx
  3e:	0f                   	.byte 0xf
  3f:	84                   	.byte 0x84

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/27 10:01 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report C ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link
2026/08/22 07:04 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in nvmet_port_subsys_allow_link
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.