KASAN: use-after-free Read in uea_upload_pre_firmware

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/26 08:23
Reported-by: syzbot+0e53be52403a77f1cf74@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 69d, last: 69d
Fix bisection: failed (error log)
  
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/09/18 upstream (ToT) 5dd1818b15d9 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in uea_upload_pre_firmware 19 syz, C done 3 49d 69d 2/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/26 07:02
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in uea_upload_pre_firmware prio:high usb 19 syz, C error 76 55d 96d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/06/29 21:09

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in interface_to_usbdev include/linux/usb.h:721 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in uea_upload_pre_firmware+0x89/0x7c0 drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c:603
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801d75d070 by task kworker/1:10/4427

CPU: 1 PID: 4427 Comm: kworker/1:10 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:316 [inline]
 print_report+0xa8/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:420
 kasan_report+0x10b/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:524
 interface_to_usbdev include/linux/usb.h:721 [inline]
 uea_upload_pre_firmware+0x89/0x7c0 drivers/usb/atm/ueagle-atm.c:603
 request_firmware_work_func+0xe8/0x1a0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1137
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 4425:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8e/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:563 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:699 [inline]
 usb_set_configuration+0x3b6/0x2030 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2051
 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+0x24a/0xb40 drivers/base/dd.c:638
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:804
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:834
 __device_attach_driver+0x2c6/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:962
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:1034
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3712
 usb_new_device+0xa01/0x15e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2659
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5517 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5657 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5817 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2b2f/0x5200 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5899
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

Freed by task 4425:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x133/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x200 mm/slub.c:3700
 device_release+0x92/0x1c0 drivers/base/core.c:-1
 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:681 [inline]
 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:712 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 kobject_put+0x217/0x450 lib/kobject.c:729
 usb_disable_device+0x612/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1479
 usb_disconnect+0x33c/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2314
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5361 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5657 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5817 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1d27/0x5200 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5899
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2355 [inline]
 worker_thread+0xd6e/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2441
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88801d75d000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
The buggy address is located 112 bytes inside of
 2048-byte region [ffff88801d75d000, ffff88801d75d800)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea000075d600 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1d758
head:ffffea000075d600 order:3 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 ffff888017442000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 4348, tgid 4348 (kworker/1:5), ts 83094680578, free_ts 82986659123
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:31 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x173/0x1a0 mm/page_alloc.c:2560
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2567 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x206b/0x2180 mm/page_alloc.c:4358
 __alloc_pages+0x1ec/0x4f0 mm/page_alloc.c:5658
 alloc_slab_page+0x5d/0x180 mm/slub.c:1799
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1944 [inline]
 new_slab+0x87/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:1997
 ___slab_alloc+0xbc5/0x1240 mm/slub.c:3154
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3240 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3325 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x126/0x270 mm/slub.c:3398
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:935 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xa0/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:956
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:446 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x226/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:515
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1303 [inline]
 mld_newpack+0x12d/0xc10 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1773
 add_grhead net/ipv6/mcast.c:1884 [inline]
 add_grec+0x1466/0x19c0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2023
 mld_send_initial_cr+0x148/0x2d0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2268
 ipv6_mc_dad_complete+0x80/0x180 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2279
 addrconf_dad_completed+0x7bb/0xd90 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4283
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc68/0x1500 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1487 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1537 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x8e5/0x9e0 mm/page_alloc.c:3414
 free_unref_page+0x2e/0x3f0 mm/page_alloc.c:3509
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:168 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x76/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:187
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x144/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:294
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x1e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:306
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4b/0x490 mm/slab.h:737
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3359 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x19d/0x270 mm/slub.c:3398
 kmalloc_trace+0x26/0xe0 mm/slab_common.c:1026
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:563 [inline]
 gro_cells_destroy+0x328/0x400 net/core/gro_cells.c:125
 ip_tunnel_dev_free+0x15/0x50 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:1044
 netdev_run_todo+0xbe3/0xdb0 net/core/dev.c:10552
 ip_tunnel_delete_nets+0x32b/0x370 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:1158
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:177 [inline]
 cleanup_net+0x78e/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88801d75cf00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88801d75cf80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88801d75d000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                             ^
 ffff88801d75d080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88801d75d100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/26 09:18 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in uea_upload_pre_firmware
2026/07/26 08:22 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in uea_upload_pre_firmware
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.