KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work

Status: premoderation: reported on 2026/06/23 09:58
Reported-by: syzbot+debdd4ed13bf7673952e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 113d, last: 2h38m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work 19 syz, C 110 2d12h 60d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/15 11:07
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work 19 142 2d10h 109d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/06/27 08:43
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_tunnel_del_work (2) net 22 syz unreliable done 2 1342d 1408d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/10 16:21
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_tunnel_del_work net 22 1 1777d 1772d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/04/01 19:17
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work net 19 syz, C done 99 827d 841d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hlist_unhashed include/linux/list.h:815 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:872 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1232 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0xcd/0x3d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1273
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810e8f7080 by task kworker/u4:2/49

CPU: 0 PID: 49 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Workqueue: l2tp l2tp_tunnel_del_work
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:77
 dump_stack_lvl+0x1a7/0x208 lib/dump_stack.c:118
 print_address_description+0x7f/0x2c0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:435 [inline]
 kasan_report+0x100/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:452
 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:309
 hlist_unhashed include/linux/list.h:815 [inline]
 hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:872 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1232 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0xcd/0x3d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1273
 process_one_work+0x6fd/0xbc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2301
 worker_thread+0xa8e/0x13c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2447
 kthread+0x324/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298

Allocated by task 6980:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:430 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:509 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x100 mm/kasan/common.c:518
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0x19f/0x330 mm/slub.c:4038
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:560 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:667 [inline]
 l2tp_session_create+0x39/0xb60 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1616
 pppol2tp_connect+0xbf5/0x1640 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:772
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:1867 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x3ce/0x450 net/socket.c:1884
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1894 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1891 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1891
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Freed by task 6980:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4a/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_free_info+0x23/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:370
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x125/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:362
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:370
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:220 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1600 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc5/0x190 mm/slub.c:1626
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3208 [inline]
 kfree+0xc0/0x270 mm/slub.c:4196
 l2tp_session_free net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:168 [inline]
 l2tp_session_put+0xb2/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:193
 pppol2tp_ioctl+0x748/0x960 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:-1
 pppox_ioctl+0x1e1/0x440 drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c:110
 sock_do_ioctl+0xda/0x380 net/socket.c:1068
 sock_ioctl+0x472/0x740 net/socket.c:1208
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x121/0x1a0 fs/ioctl.c:739
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:739
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810e8f7000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 128 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff88810e8f7000, ffff88810e8f7200)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00043a3d00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10e8f4
head:ffffea00043a3d00 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head)
raw: 4000000000010200 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888100043080
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 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 304, ts 266266052529, free_ts 266133602146
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook mm/page_alloc.c:2456 [inline]
 prep_new_page+0x176/0x190 mm/page_alloc.c:2462
 get_page_from_freelist+0x225f/0x23f0 mm/page_alloc.c:4254
 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x29a/0x640 mm/page_alloc.c:5384
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:-1 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1813 [inline]
 new_slab+0x84/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:1874
 new_slab_objects mm/slub.c:2632 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x2f8/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:2796
 __slab_alloc+0x63/0xa0 mm/slub.c:2836
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2918 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2960 [inline]
 __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1e4/0x310 mm/slub.c:4541
 __kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:144 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0xdc/0x520 net/core/skbuff.c:212
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]
 nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:953 [inline]
 inet_netconf_notify_devconf+0x169/0x220 net/ipv4/devinet.c:2120
 __devinet_sysctl_unregister net/ipv4/devinet.c:2625 [inline]
 devinet_exit_net+0x10e/0x220 net/ipv4/devinet.c:2764
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:185 [inline]
 cleanup_net+0x589/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:609
 process_one_work+0x6fd/0xbc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2301
 worker_thread+0xa8e/0x13c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2447
 kthread+0x324/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:28 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1349 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1421 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x2b7/0x2d0 mm/page_alloc.c:3336
 free_unref_page mm/page_alloc.c:3391 [inline]
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:5443 [inline]
 __free_pages+0x146/0x390 mm/page_alloc.c:5454
 free_pages+0x82/0x90 mm/page_alloc.c:5465
 selinux_genfs_get_sid+0x20b/0x250 security/selinux/hooks.c:1332
 inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x879/0xd70 security/selinux/hooks.c:1529
 selinux_d_instantiate+0x27/0x40 security/selinux/hooks.c:6395
 security_d_instantiate+0x9e/0xf0 security/security.c:1980
 d_splice_alias+0x6d/0x390 fs/dcache.c:3038
 kernfs_iop_lookup+0x2c5/0x310 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1178
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3276 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3367 [inline]
 path_openat+0x145d/0x3040 fs/namei.c:3556
 do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3586
 do_sys_openat2+0x19f/0x750 fs/open.c:1219
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1235 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1251 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1246 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x136/0x160 fs/open.c:1246
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88810e8f6f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88810e8f7000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88810e8f7080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                   ^
 ffff88810e8f7100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88810e8f7180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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------------[ cut here ]------------
refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 49 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x120/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:28
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 49 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Tainted: G    B   W         syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Workqueue: l2tp l2tp_tunnel_del_work
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x120/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:28
Code: 04 01 48 c7 c7 c0 55 40 85 e8 6c 96 3b 02 0f 0b eb c3 e8 43 8f 26 ff c6 05 22 75 82 04 01 48 c7 c7 20 56 40 85 e8 50 96 3b 02 <0f> 0b eb a7 e8 27 8f 26 ff c6 05 03 75 82 04 01 48 c7 c7 40 55 40
RSP: 0018:ffffc900009e7c58 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: fefe29586a255300 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: ffff888100ff3c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900009e7c68 R08: ffff8881f7152fff R09: 1ffff1103ee2a5ff
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed103ee2a600 R12: ffff88810e8f6820
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f020d29cff8 CR3: 000000010cfde000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:283 [inline]
 __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]
 refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]
 l2tp_session_put+0xcb/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:192
 l2tp_session_delete+0x3a9/0x4a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1589
 l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1235 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x180/0x3d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1273
 process_one_work+0x6fd/0xbc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2301
 worker_thread+0xa8e/0x13c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2447
 kthread+0x324/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298
---[ end trace 8481c7169cec351b ]---

Crashes (762):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/14 18:47 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/14 18:24 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/14 16:31 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/14 11:58 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/14 09:26 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/14 03:29 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 21:51 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 20:51 android13-5.10-lts 390db4f54a67 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 16:49 android13-5.10-lts d64ecae82de0 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 07:31 android13-5.10-lts d64ecae82de0 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 05:32 android13-5.10-lts d64ecae82de0 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 05:32 android13-5.10-lts d64ecae82de0 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/13 03:06 android13-5.10-lts 437aef3f57e8 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 22:16 android13-5.10-lts 437aef3f57e8 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 16:03 android13-5.10-lts 437aef3f57e8 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 13:50 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 11:16 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 09:06 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/12 04:33 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/11 20:45 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/11 10:35 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/11 05:18 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/11 01:55 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/10 23:19 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/10 05:58 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 22:33 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 18:05 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 15:12 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 13:03 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 12:01 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 09:02 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 04:33 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/09 03:07 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 17:30 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 15:50 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 13:27 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 11:42 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 06:36 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 04:43 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/08 03:10 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/07 18:47 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/07 11:43 android13-5.10-lts b677692288f7 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/09/29 11:40 android13-5.10-lts 340d402887d3 7bf4ea23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/09/26 18:53 android13-5.10-lts c5d8ec7afea2 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 general protection fault in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.