================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:47 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __linkwatch_run_queue+0x5d3/0x7e0 net/core/link_watch.c:245 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88805cf2e008 by task kworker/u8:15/6073 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6073 Comm: kworker/u8:15 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline] netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:47 [inline] __linkwatch_run_queue+0x5d3/0x7e0 net/core/link_watch.c:245 linkwatch_event+0x4c/0x60 net/core/link_watch.c:304 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 Allocated by task 5846: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:397 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:414 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:262 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5657 [inline] __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x5d5/0x920 mm/slub.c:7136 alloc_netdev_mqs+0xa6/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:11997 rtnl_create_link+0x31f/0xcf0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3648 rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3830 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x16e7/0x1c90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x82f/0x9e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742 __sys_sendto+0x3bd/0x520 net/socket.c:2206 __do_compat_sys_socketcall net/compat.c:-1 [inline] __se_compat_sys_socketcall net/compat.c:423 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_socketcall+0x71c/0x9d0 net/compat.c:423 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0x1dc/0x560 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307 do_fast_syscall_32+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e Freed by task 6647: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:252 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:284 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6670 [inline] kfree+0x1c0/0x660 mm/slub.c:6878 device_release+0x9e/0x1d0 drivers/base/core.c:-1 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x228/0x570 lib/kobject.c:737 netdev_run_todo+0xd2c/0xea0 net/core/dev.c:11698 rtnl_unlock net/core/rtnetlink.c:157 [inline] rtnl_net_unlock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:135 [inline] rtnl_dellink+0x5b5/0x720 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3578 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x82f/0x9e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x820 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2646 __sys_sendmsg+0x164/0x220 net/socket.c:2678 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0x1dc/0x560 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307 do_fast_syscall_32+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88805cf2e000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-cg-4k of size 4096 The buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of freed 4096-byte region [ffff88805cf2e000, ffff88805cf2f000) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x5cf28 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813ffb0500 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813ffb0500 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 head: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000003 ffffea000173ca01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner tracks the page as allocated page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 5844, tgid 5844 (syz-executor), ts 93298823936, free_ts 30923990162 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline] post_alloc_hook+0x234/0x290 mm/page_alloc.c:1846 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1854 [inline] get_page_from_freelist+0x24e0/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3915 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5210 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2486 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3075 [inline] allocate_slab+0x86/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:3248 new_slab mm/slub.c:3302 [inline] ___slab_alloc+0xe53/0x1820 mm/slub.c:4656 __slab_alloc+0x65/0x100 mm/slub.c:4779 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4855 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5251 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x41e/0x700 mm/slub.c:5771 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline] snmp6_alloc_dev net/ipv6/addrconf.c:362 [inline] ipv6_add_dev+0x6aa/0x13a0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:413 addrconf_notify+0x771/0x1050 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3650 notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2268 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2282 [inline] register_netdevice+0x15bd/0x1a70 net/core/dev.c:11429 ipvlan_link_new+0x407/0xa90 drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c:592 rtnl_newlink_create+0x310/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3840 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x16e7/0x1c90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 page last free pid 1 tgid 1 stack trace: reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline] free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1395 [inline] __free_frozen_pages+0xbc8/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2943 __free_pages mm/page_alloc.c:5329 [inline] free_contig_range+0x1bd/0x490 mm/page_alloc.c:7197 destroy_args+0x69/0x660 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:983 debug_vm_pgtable+0x38f/0x3a0 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:1372 do_one_initcall+0x1f1/0x800 init/main.c:1378 do_initcall_level+0x104/0x190 init/main.c:1440 do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1456 kernel_init_freeable+0x2a7/0x3d0 init/main.c:1688 kernel_init+0x1d/0x1d0 init/main.c:1578 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 Memory state around the buggy address: ffff88805cf2df00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff88805cf2df80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >ffff88805cf2e000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff88805cf2e080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff88805cf2e100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ==================================================================