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WARNING: ODEBUG bug in cec_transmit_msg_fh
Status:
upstream: reported on 2026/06/18 13:20
Subsystems:
media
Labels:
prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+051024d603432b4ab395@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit:
media: cec: disable delayed work before freeing an interrupted transmit
Patched on: [ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 52d, last: 21d
Sample crash report:
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ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: ffff88803c002cb8 object type: timer_list hint: cec_wait_timeout+0x0/0x180 include/media/cec.h:-1
WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:632 at debug_print_object+0xec/0x230 lib/debugobjects.c:629, CPU#0: syz.4.1359/11865
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11865 Comm: syz.4.1359 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/25/2026
RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x18a/0x230 lib/debugobjects.c:629
Code: f8 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 18 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 5d 54 61 fd 4d 8b 0f 4c 89 ef 48 8b 74 24 08 48 89 ea 44 89 e1 4d 89 f0 ff 34 24 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 83 c4 08 ff 05 d3 4a e2 0a 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005c2f830 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 1ffffffff16dee00 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffff8bca6f40 RSI: ffffffff8bca69c0 RDI: ffffffff8fba55a0
RBP: ffffffff8bca6f40 R08: ffff88803c002cb8 R09: ffffffff8b6f8380
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81b15790 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffffff8fba55a0 R14: ffff88803c002cb8 R15: ffffffff8b6f7000
FS: 00007fe289ef46c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c49000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe28bd2b540 CR3: 000000005e516000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:1171 [inline]
debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x2e3/0x450 lib/debugobjects.c:1201
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2636 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6405 [inline]
kfree+0x13e/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:6720
cec_transmit_msg_fh+0x16f0/0x24d0 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c:988
cec_transmit drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c:230 [inline]
cec_ioctl+0x2026/0x3060 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c:534
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xff/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fe28bcdde59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fe289ef4028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe28bf66180 RCX: 00007fe28bcdde59
RDX: 0000200000000100 RSI: 00000000c0386105 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007fe28bd73e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe28bf66218 R14: 00007fe28bf66180 R15: 00007ffdcbebff48
</TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
0: f8 clc
1: 48 c1 e8 03 shr $0x3,%rax
5: 80 3c 18 00 cmpb $0x0,(%rax,%rbx,1)
9: 74 08 je 0x13
b: 4c 89 ff mov %r15,%rdi
e: e8 5d 54 61 fd call 0xfd615470
13: 4d 8b 0f mov (%r15),%r9
16: 4c 89 ef mov %r13,%rdi
19: 48 8b 74 24 08 mov 0x8(%rsp),%rsi
1e: 48 89 ea mov %rbp,%rdx
21: 44 89 e1 mov %r12d,%ecx
24: 4d 89 f0 mov %r14,%r8
27: ff 34 24 push (%rsp)
* 2a: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
2f: 48 83 c4 08 add $0x8,%rsp
33: ff 05 d3 4a e2 0a incl 0xae24ad3(%rip) # 0xae24b0c
39: 48 83 c4 10 add $0x10,%rsp
3d: 5b pop %rbx
3e: 41 5c pop %r12
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.