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

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/05/18 01:17
Subsystems: media
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+40339ea82afa8184ad5d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 98d, last: 7d14h
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9f3d990c assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_open 2026/05/14 01:27 2026/05/14 01:27 2026/05/14 01:53 71153e5d
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Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v3] media: dvb-core: fix use-after-free in dvb_frontend_open() 6 (6) 2026/07/14 05:39
[PATCH] media: dvb-core: avoid dropping device ref on frontend open failure 1 (1) 2026/06/28 09:18
[PATCH v3] media: dvb-core: fix use-after-free in dvb_frontend_open() 1 (1) 2026/05/22 03:02
[PATCH v2] media: dvb-core: fix use-after-free in dvb_frontend_open() 2 (2) 2026/05/19 21:15
[PATCH] media: dvb-core: fix use-after-free in dvb_frontend_open() 1 (1) 2026/05/19 02:15
[syzbot] [media?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_open 0 (3) 2026/05/19 00:36
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (4)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/07 22:11 34m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci report log
2026/05/28 02:19 35m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci report log
2026/05/19 00:36 31m yun.zhou@windriver.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci OK log
2026/05/18 11:19 35m yun.zhou@windriver.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci OK log

Sample crash report:
i2c i2c-0: dvb_frontend_start: failed to start kthread (-4)
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dvb_frontend_open+0xdac/0x105c drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:2892
Read of size 4 at addr ffff0000cc9e9c3c by task syz.4.109/5364

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5364 Comm: syz.4.109 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call trace:
 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:499 (C)
 __dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description+0xb0/0x238 mm/kasan/report.c:378
 print_report+0x68/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x8c/0xc4 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x20/0x2c mm/kasan/report_generic.c:380
 dvb_frontend_open+0xdac/0x105c drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:2892
 dvb_device_open+0x1f4/0x250 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:109
 chrdev_open+0x398/0x3e8 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x5c8/0x10dc fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x44/0x2d4 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2234/0x2a6c fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x1c4/0x2e4 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x114/0x1e8 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open+0xac/0xdc fs/open.c:1370
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_openat+0x9c/0xb8 fs/open.c:1381
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x60/0x25c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:723
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:742
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594

Allocated by task 1:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x40/0x78 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x44/0x54 mm/kasan/generic.c:570
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x9c/0xb4 mm/kasan/common.c:415
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x284/0x56c mm/slub.c:5415
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 dvb_register_device+0x1ac/0x16ec drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:472
 dvb_register_frontend+0x464/0x698 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3051
 vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:438 [inline]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x57c/0xa24 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:510
 platform_probe+0xfc/0x198 drivers/base/platform.c:1418
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x2a8/0x7e8 drivers/base/dd.c:709
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e0/0x33c drivers/base/dd.c:871
 driver_probe_device+0x6c/0x19c drivers/base/dd.c:901
 __driver_attach+0x164/0x374 drivers/base/dd.c:1295
 bus_for_each_dev+0x128/0x1b4 drivers/base/bus.c:383
 driver_attach+0x4c/0x5c drivers/base/dd.c:1313
 bus_add_driver+0x208/0x4fc drivers/base/bus.c:756
 driver_register+0x220/0x30c drivers/base/driver.c:249
 __platform_driver_register+0x6c/0x80 drivers/base/platform.c:910
 vidtv_bridge_init+0x34/0x5c drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:600
 do_one_initcall+0x274/0xc20 init/main.c:1392
 do_initcall_level+0x128/0x1c4 init/main.c:1454
 do_initcalls+0x70/0xd0 init/main.c:1470
 do_basic_setup+0x7c/0x90 init/main.c:1490
 kernel_init_freeable+0x268/0x3a8 init/main.c:1703
 kernel_init+0x24/0x1dc init/main.c:1593
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:842

Freed by task 5364:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x40/0x78 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x74/0xa4 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2689 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6246 [inline]
 kfree+0x188/0x5e4 mm/slub.c:6561
 dvb_free_device drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:616 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 dvb_device_put+0x64/0xd0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629
 dvb_generic_release+0xec/0x154 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:169
 dvb_frontend_open+0x9b8/0x105c drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:2890
 dvb_device_open+0x1f4/0x250 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:109
 chrdev_open+0x398/0x3e8 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x5c8/0x10dc fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x44/0x2d4 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2234/0x2a6c fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x1c4/0x2e4 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x114/0x1e8 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open+0xac/0xdc fs/open.c:1370
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_openat+0x9c/0xb8 fs/open.c:1381
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x60/0x25c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:723
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:742
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff0000cc9e9c00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 60 bytes inside of
 freed 256-byte region [ffff0000cc9e9c00, ffff0000cc9e9d00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff0000cc9e9200 pfn:0x10c9e8
head: order:1 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x5ffc00000000240(workingset|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 05ffc00000000240 ffff0000c0001b40 fffffdffc333d590 fffffdffc3064090
raw: ffff0000cc9e9200 000000080010000f 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 05ffc00000000240 ffff0000c0001b40 fffffdffc333d590 fffffdffc3064090
head: ffff0000cc9e9200 000000080010000f 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 05ffc00000000001 fffffdffc3327a01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000002
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff0000cc9e9b00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff0000cc9e9b80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff0000cc9e9c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                        ^
 ffff0000cc9e9c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff0000cc9e9d00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================
------------[ cut here ]------------
refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:28 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x154/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:28, CPU#1: syz.4.109/5364
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5364 Comm: syz.4.109 Tainted: G    B               syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
pstate: 63400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : refcount_warn_saturate+0x154/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:28
lr : refcount_warn_saturate+0x154/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:28
sp : ffff80009bdd7540
x29: ffff80009bdd7540 x28: ffff0000dbdcc748 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 1fffe0001b7b98e9 x25: dfff800000000000 x24: ffff0000cc649068
x23: ffff0000dbdcc748 x22: ffff800083949be4 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: ffff0000cc9e9c10 x19: ffff800089f06000 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d x16: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d x15: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d
x14: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000b4e x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 9ef5470fdd42bb00
x8 : 9ef5470fdd42bb00 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff8000804886d0
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff8000802f13b0
x2 : 0000000100000000 x1 : ffff0000d7dc8000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 refcount_warn_saturate+0x154/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:28 (P)
 __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:400 [inline]
 __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:432 [inline]
 refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:450 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:64 [inline]
 dvb_device_put+0xac/0xd0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629
 dvb_device_open+0x238/0x250 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:113
 chrdev_open+0x398/0x3e8 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x5c8/0x10dc fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x44/0x2d4 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2234/0x2a6c fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x1c4/0x2e4 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x114/0x1e8 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open+0xac/0xdc fs/open.c:1370
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_openat+0x9c/0xb8 fs/open.c:1381
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x60/0x25c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:723
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:742
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594
irq event stamp: 562843
hardirqs last  enabled at (562843): [<ffff8000867248cc>] irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:515 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (562843): [<ffff8000867248cc>] arm64_exit_to_kernel_mode+0x7c/0x90 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:62
hardirqs last disabled at (562842): [<ffff800086720b00>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:493 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (562842): [<ffff800086720b00>] el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:509
softirqs last  enabled at (562784): [<ffff800080139e6c>] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32
softirqs last disabled at (562782): [<ffff800080139e38>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/14 01:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 6ccb967e .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_open
2026/08/13 00:31 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.