KASAN: invalid-free in usb_free_urb

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/22 04:24
Subsystems: media
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2d022f6d27a4d0f2c21a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d12h, last: 9d12h
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6ad17ee9 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ✅ KASAN: invalid-free in usb_free_urb 2026/08/20 01:04 2026/08/20 01:04 2026/08/20 02:07 1e72964b
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[syzbot] [media?] KASAN: invalid-free in usb_free_urb 0 (1) 2026/08/22 04:24

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: invalid-free in urb_destroy drivers/usb/core/urb.c:25 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: invalid-free in kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: invalid-free in usb_free_urb+0xd0/0x120 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:96
Free of addr ffff888058ab1000 by task kworker/1:1/48

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 48 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description+0x55/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:378
 print_report+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report_invalid_free+0xea/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:557
 check_slab_allocation mm/kasan/common.c:-1 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_pre_free+0x104/0x120 mm/kasan/common.c:261
 kasan_slab_pre_free include/linux/kasan.h:199 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2693 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6499 [inline]
 kfree+0x173/0x650 mm/slub.c:6792
 urb_destroy drivers/usb/core/urb.c:25 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 usb_free_urb+0xd0/0x120 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:96
 smsusb_term_device+0x1d0/0x3d0 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:352
 smsusb_init_device drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:497 [inline]
 smsusb_probe+0x1aba/0x2280 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:575
 usb_probe_interface+0x788/0xe50 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:399
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3776
 usb_set_configuration+0x1ad8/0x2180 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2268
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c3/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3776
 usb_new_device+0x9aa/0x1690 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2708
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5580 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5720 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5884 [inline]
 hub_event+0x28e8/0x4d30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5966
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 3388:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5414 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x4b4/0x720 mm/slub.c:5545
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:637 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x2c1/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:715
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:744 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:801 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x25f/0xb40 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:847
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 3388:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2748 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6499 [inline]
 kfree+0x1c5/0x650 mm/slub.c:6792
 skb_kfree_head net/core/skbuff.c:1083 [inline]
 skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:1095 [inline]
 skb_release_data+0x85e/0xab0 net/core/skbuff.c:1122
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1197 [inline]
 __kfree_skb+0x5d/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:1211
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:817 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x7ac/0xb40 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:847
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888058ab0000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
 4096-byte region [ffff888058ab0000, ffff888058ab1000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x58ab0
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 ffff88813ff12140 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813ff12140 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000003 fffffffffffffe01 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 0xd2820(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 3388, tgid 3388 (kworker/u8:12), ts 77776651868
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1f9/0x250 mm/page_alloc.c:1871
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1879 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2209/0x2280 mm/page_alloc.c:3943
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x217/0x5a0 mm/page_alloc.c:5436
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3347 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x7d/0x620 mm/slub.c:3462
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3513 [inline]
 refill_objects+0x2d5/0x350 mm/slub.c:7410
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2885 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2c8/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:4774
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4850 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4984 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5413 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x548/0x720 mm/slub.c:5545
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:637 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x2c1/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:715
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:744 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:801 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x25f/0xb40 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:847
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
page last free pid 48 tgid 48 ts 77606871666 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1418 [inline]
 __free_pages_ok+0xb6c/0xc60 mm/page_alloc.c:1596
 smscore_unregister_device+0x48a/0x780 drivers/media/common/siano/smscoreapi.c:1228
 smsusb_term_device+0x1a0/0x3d0 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:349
 smsusb_init_device drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:497 [inline]
 smsusb_probe+0x1aba/0x2280 drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c:575
 usb_probe_interface+0x788/0xe50 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:399
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3776
 usb_set_configuration+0x1ad8/0x2180 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2268
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888058ab0f00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888058ab0f80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888058ab1000: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                   ^
 ffff888058ab1080: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff888058ab1100: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/18 04:17 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in usb_free_urb
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.