KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in acpi_ns_check_package_list

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/08/01 00:25
Subsystems: acpica
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Reported-by: syzbot+35b541120e03a58c8dc4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d13h, last: 5d13h
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
eea7cc49 moderation 💥 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in acpi_ns_check_package_list 2026/08/01 01:59 2026/08/01 01:59 2026/08/01 01:59 7664cf44
dashboard requested TargetOS "linux" TargetArch "386", but agent does not support it
7b2fa4ca assessment-security 💥 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in acpi_ns_check_package_list 2026/07/31 02:17 2026/07/31 02:17 2026/07/31 02:17 aaffb173
dashboard requested TargetOS "linux" TargetArch "386", but agent does not support it
02cd61b3 assessment-security 💥 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in acpi_ns_check_package_list 2026/07/29 02:21 2026/07/29 02:21 2026/07/29 02:21 7be3c40b
dashboard requested TargetOS "linux" TargetArch "386", but agent does not support it

Sample crash report:
ACPI Error: AE_NO_MEMORY, 
Could not update object reference count (20260408/utdelete-651)
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in acpi_ns_check_object_type+0x5c8/0x760 drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c:202
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888020923688 by task kworker/u33:8/1163

CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 1163 Comm: kworker/u33:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0x13d/0x4b0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x1c0 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 acpi_ns_check_object_type+0x5c8/0x760 drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c:202
 acpi_ns_check_package_list+0x6c6/0xaf0 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c:495
 acpi_ns_check_package+0xac4/0x1740 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsprepkg.c:295
 acpi_ns_check_return_value+0x38d/0x420 drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c:136
 acpi_ns_evaluate+0x69e/0x1670 drivers/acpi/acpica/nseval.c:261
 acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0xf7/0x610 drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c:60
 acpi_rs_get_prt_method_data+0xa0/0x150 drivers/acpi/acpica/rsutils.c:446
 acpi_get_irq_routing_table+0xb8/0x140 drivers/acpi/acpica/rsxface.c:137
 acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry+0x179/0xdd0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:215
 acpi_pci_irq_lookup+0x8e/0x6b0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:299
 acpi_pci_irq_enable+0x1f5/0x6f0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:414
 pcibios_enable_device+0xb6/0xe0 arch/x86/pci/common.c:699
 do_pci_enable_device+0x21f/0x4a0 drivers/pci/pci.c:1998
 pci_enable_device_flags+0x27c/0x370 drivers/pci/pci.c:2089
 usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x56/0xcb0 drivers/usb/core/hcd-pci.c:184
 ehci_pci_probe+0x35/0x50 drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c:385
 local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x1b0 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:332
 pci_call_probe+0x176/0x800 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:394
 __pci_device_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:455 [inline]
 pci_device_probe+0x1cd/0x370 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:489
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x20e/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach_async_helper+0x1d1/0x2b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1055
 async_run_entry_fn+0x9f/0x580 kernel/async.c:129
 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 1:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x89/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4584 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x26b/0x6a0 mm/slub.c:4931
 acpi_ut_allocate_object_desc_dbg+0x86/0x240 drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c:359
 acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg+0x51/0x260 drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c:69
 acpi_ds_build_internal_object+0x173/0x790 drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c:94
 acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj+0x481/0xe60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dspkginit.c:202
 acpi_ds_eval_data_object_operands+0x2fd/0x640 drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c:638
 acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0xe41/0x1e60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c:617
 acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x5e1/0x26e0 drivers/acpi/acpica/psloop.c:553
 acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x81e/0x1120 drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c:489
 acpi_ps_execute_table+0x393/0x500 drivers/acpi/acpica/psxface.c:295
 acpi_ns_execute_table+0x596/0x970 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c:116
 acpi_ns_parse_table+0xcb/0x160 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c:268
 acpi_ns_load_table+0xc9/0x490 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c:71
 acpi_tb_load_namespace+0x2b0/0x8f0 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c:158
 acpi_load_tables+0x89/0x160 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c:59
 acpi_bus_init drivers/acpi/bus.c:1479 [inline]
 acpi_init+0x146/0x840 drivers/acpi/bus.c:1592
 do_one_initcall+0x11d/0x700 init/main.c:1347
 do_initcall_level init/main.c:1409 [inline]
 do_initcalls init/main.c:1425 [inline]
 do_basic_setup init/main.c:1445 [inline]
 kernel_init_freeable+0x6ea/0x7b0 init/main.c:1658
 kernel_init+0x1f/0x1e0 init/main.c:1548
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 1163:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2677 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6377 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x127/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:6504
 acpi_os_release_object+0x1c/0x30 drivers/acpi/osl.c:1661
 acpi_ut_delete_object_desc+0xea/0x130 drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c:402
 acpi_ut_delete_internal_obj drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:316 [inline]
 acpi_ut_update_ref_count.part.0+0x510/0x2250 drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:436
 acpi_ut_update_ref_count drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:374 [inline]
 acpi_ut_update_object_reference+0x258/0x800 drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:553
 acpi_ut_remove_reference drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:740 [inline]
 acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x192/0x1d0 drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:710
 acpi_ds_clear_implicit_return drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c:55 [inline]
 acpi_ds_clear_implicit_return+0x137/0x220 drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c:34
 acpi_ds_exec_end_control_op+0x319/0xf60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c:226
 acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0xff7/0x1e60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c:462
 acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x5e1/0x26e0 drivers/acpi/acpica/psloop.c:553
 acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x81e/0x1120 drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c:489
 acpi_ps_execute_method+0x5c4/0xe90 drivers/acpi/acpica/psxface.c:190
 acpi_ns_evaluate+0x640/0x1670 drivers/acpi/acpica/nseval.c:205
 acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0xf7/0x610 drivers/acpi/acpica/uteval.c:60
 acpi_rs_get_prt_method_data+0xa0/0x150 drivers/acpi/acpica/rsutils.c:446
 acpi_get_irq_routing_table+0xb8/0x140 drivers/acpi/acpica/rsxface.c:137
 acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry+0x179/0xdd0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:215
 acpi_pci_irq_lookup+0x8e/0x6b0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:299
 acpi_pci_irq_enable+0x1f5/0x6f0 drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c:414
 pcibios_enable_device+0xb6/0xe0 arch/x86/pci/common.c:699
 do_pci_enable_device+0x21f/0x4a0 drivers/pci/pci.c:1998
 pci_enable_device_flags+0x27c/0x370 drivers/pci/pci.c:2089
 usb_hcd_pci_probe+0x56/0xcb0 drivers/usb/core/hcd-pci.c:184
 ehci_pci_probe+0x35/0x50 drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.c:385
 local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x1b0 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:332
 pci_call_probe+0x176/0x800 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:394
 __pci_device_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:455 [inline]
 pci_device_probe+0x1cd/0x370 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:489
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x20e/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach_async_helper+0x1d1/0x2b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1055
 async_run_entry_fn+0x9f/0x580 kernel/async.c:129
 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 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 ffff888020923680
 which belongs to the cache Acpi-Operand of size 72
The buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of
 freed 72-byte region [ffff888020923680, ffff8880209236c8)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x20923
flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000000 ffff88801bc4da40 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800270027 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 2238826461, free_ts 0
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0xfd/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1859
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1867 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0xf48/0x3530 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x299/0x2dc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5304
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3266 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3380 [inline]
 new_slab+0xa2/0x640 mm/slub.c:3426
 refill_objects+0xe3/0x410 mm/slub.c:7310
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2804 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x376/0x680 mm/slub.c:4675
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4773 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4905 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x46e/0x6a0 mm/slub.c:4931
 acpi_ut_allocate_object_desc_dbg+0x86/0x240 drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c:359
 acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg+0x51/0x260 drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c:69
 acpi_ds_build_internal_package_obj+0xa8c/0xe60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dspkginit.c:92
 acpi_ds_eval_data_object_operands+0x2fd/0x640 drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c:638
 acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0xe41/0x1e60 drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c:617
 acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x5e1/0x26e0 drivers/acpi/acpica/psloop.c:553
 acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x81e/0x1120 drivers/acpi/acpica/psparse.c:489
 acpi_ps_execute_table+0x393/0x500 drivers/acpi/acpica/psxface.c:295
 acpi_ns_execute_table+0x596/0x970 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c:116
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888020923580: 00 00 fc fc fc fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc
 ffff888020923600: fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc
>ffff888020923680: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc 00 00 00
                      ^
 ffff888020923700: 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888020923780: fb fb fb fc fc fc fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/27 13:27 upstream f5098b6bae76 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in acpi_ns_check_package_list
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.