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

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/22 07:54
Subsystems: media
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+37578f730d38898f4b74@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d17h, last: 15h17m
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d00a9a98 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free 2026/08/20 01:53 2026/08/20 01:53 2026/08/20 02:00 1e72964b
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[PATCH] media: dvbdev: fix uaf in dvb_remove_device() 2 (2) 2026/08/27 03:51
[syzbot] [media?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free 0 (1) 2026/08/22 07:54
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in dvb_media_device_free media 8 1 1720d 1716d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/03/11 23:40

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dvb_media_device_free+0x3a/0x510 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:210
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802c46f6b0 by task syz.6.363/7677

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7677 Comm: syz.6.363 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
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+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 dvb_media_device_free+0x3a/0x510 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:210
 dvb_remove_device+0x107/0x280 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:604
 dvb_unregister_frontend+0x79/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3103
 vidtv_bridge_remove+0x92/0x120 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:554
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:616 [inline]
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1349 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x48b/0x880 drivers/base/dd.c:1372
 unbind_store+0x1a1/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:244
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f92f219e0d9
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:00007f92f2f9d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f92f2426180 RCX: 00007f92f219e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f92f2235024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f92f2426218 R14: 00007f92f2426180 R15: 00007ffc9e0dc668
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 1:
 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]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x321/0x600 mm/slub.c:5563
 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
 _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
 dvb_register_device+0x309/0x1dd0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:472
 dvb_register_frontend+0x603/0x900 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3074
 vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:438 [inline]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x9d5/0xf60 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:510
 platform_probe+0xf9/0x190 drivers/base/platform.c:1507
 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
 __driver_attach+0x339/0x600 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
 bus_for_each_dev+0x23b/0x2c0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
 bus_add_driver+0x345/0x670 drivers/base/bus.c:763
 driver_register+0x23a/0x320 drivers/base/driver.c:174
 vidtv_bridge_init+0x3d/0x60 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:602
 do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1357
 do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1419
 do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1435
 kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1670
 kernel_init+0x22/0x1d0 init/main.c:1560
 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 7677:
 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
 dvb_free_device drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:616 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 dvb_device_put drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629 [inline]
 dvb_remove_device+0xce/0x280 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:601
 dvb_unregister_frontend+0x79/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3103
 vidtv_bridge_remove+0x92/0x120 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:554
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:616 [inline]
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1349 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x48b/0x880 drivers/base/dd.c:1372
 unbind_store+0x1a1/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:244
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802c46f600
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 176 bytes inside of
 freed 256-byte region [ffff88802c46f600, ffff88802c46f700)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x2c46e
head: order:1 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 ffff88801b041b40 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801b041b40 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000001 ffffffffffffff81 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000002
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 1, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 13651349964
 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]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x39b/0x600 mm/slub.c:5559
 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
 _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
 bus_add_driver+0x162/0x670 drivers/base/bus.c:747
 driver_register+0x23a/0x320 drivers/base/driver.c:174
 i2c_register_driver+0xbb/0x1a0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2046
 do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1357
 do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1419
 do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1435
 kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1670
 kernel_init+0x22/0x1d0 init/main.c:1560
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88802c46f580: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88802c46f600: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88802c46f680: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                     ^
 ffff88802c46f700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88802c46f780: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
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Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/27 09:51 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/23 18:33 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 20:25 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 14:45 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 04:06 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 04:06 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/21 13:40 upstream 7f063b2f17ea 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/21 13:39 upstream 7f063b2f17ea 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/24 17:22 upstream 0a0d1d55dad5 b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/23 20:10 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/23 06:36 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 17:19 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 17:19 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 12:19 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 11:53 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/21 20:33 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/24 00:53 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/23 23:58 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/20 13:01 linux-next 6a746cd265ae 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/18 07:45 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/18 07:45 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/24 15:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/20 13:04 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_media_device_free
2026/08/22 20:38 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root KFENCE: use-after-free read in dvb_media_device_free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.