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KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/12 22:45
Subsystems: nbd
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Reported-by: syzbot+48240bab47e705c53126@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 41d, last: 9m
Discussions (3)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH] nbd: fix uaf in nbd_genl_connect() error path 2 (2) 2025/06/12 13:37
[syzbot] Monthly nbd report (Jun 2025) 0 (1) 2025/06/03 11:07
[syzbot] [nbd?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work (2) 0 (1) 2025/05/12 22:45
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work nbd 10 47d 187d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/06 15:33
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in recv_work nbd 1 1601d 1597d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/03/30 16:37
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in recv_work (2) nbd 1 1239d 1233d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/27 07:10
Last patch testing requests (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/05/22 23:59 13m retest repro upstream report log
2025/05/22 23:59 13m retest repro upstream report log
2025/05/13 20:20 45m hdanton@sina.com patch upstream OK log

Sample crash report:
block nbd1: Receive control failed (result -32)
block nbd1: shutting down sockets
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_dec include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:592 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in recv_work+0x694/0xa80 drivers/block/nbd.c:1022
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88803b8e9c78 by task kworker/u33:1/5303

CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5303 Comm: kworker/u33:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-syzkaller-00071-g74b4cc9b8780 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: nbd1-recv recv_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]
 print_report+0xcd/0x680 mm/kasan/report.c:521
 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x100/0x1b0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]
 atomic_dec include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:592 [inline]
 recv_work+0x694/0xa80 drivers/block/nbd.c:1022
 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3321 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 5937:
 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
 nbd_alloc_and_init_config+0x97/0x2a0 drivers/block/nbd.c:1659
 nbd_genl_connect+0x490/0x1c20 drivers/block/nbd.c:2121
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x206/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x55c/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x155/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x53d/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2620
 __sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2652
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 5303:
 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x51/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline]
 kfree+0x2b4/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4842
 nbd_config_put+0x3c1/0x750 drivers/block/nbd.c:1449
 recv_work+0x681/0xa80 drivers/block/nbd.c:1021
 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3321 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88803b8e9c00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 120 bytes inside of
 freed 256-byte region [ffff88803b8e9c00, ffff88803b8e9d00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x3b8e8
head: order:1 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
anon flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801b842b40 ffffea0000861b00 0000000000000005
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801b842b40 ffffea0000861b00 0000000000000005
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000001 ffffea0000ee3a01 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 0xd2040(__GFP_IO|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 5364, tgid 5364 (udevd), ts 29524362375, free_ts 29513267976
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1c0/0x230 mm/page_alloc.c:1704
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1712 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x1321/0x3890 mm/page_alloc.c:3669
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x261/0x23f0 mm/page_alloc.c:4959
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x1fb/0x550 mm/mempolicy.c:2419
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2451 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2619 [inline]
 new_slab+0x23b/0x330 mm/slub.c:2673
 ___slab_alloc+0xd9c/0x1940 mm/slub.c:3859
 __slab_alloc.constprop.0+0x56/0xb0 mm/slub.c:3949
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4024 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4185 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0xfb/0x3e0 mm/slub.c:4354
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 inode_doinit_use_xattr+0x54/0x410 security/selinux/hooks.c:1366
 inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x10c8/0x12e0 security/selinux/hooks.c:1560
 selinux_d_instantiate+0x26/0x30 security/selinux/hooks.c:6495
 security_d_instantiate+0x142/0x1a0 security/security.c:4079
 d_splice_alias+0x93/0xf80 fs/dcache.c:2997
 kernfs_iop_lookup+0x23f/0x2d0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1251
 __lookup_slow+0x24e/0x460 fs/namei.c:1817
 lookup_slow fs/namei.c:1834 [inline]
 walk_component+0x353/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:2138
page last free pid 5369 tgid 5369 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1248 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0x7fe/0x1180 mm/page_alloc.c:2706
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x4d/0x120 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x195/0x1e0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x69/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:329
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:250 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4148 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1cb/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4204
 alloc_empty_file+0x55/0x1e0 fs/file_table.c:234
 path_openat+0xda/0x2cb0 fs/namei.c:4041
 do_filp_open+0x20b/0x470 fs/namei.c:4082
 do_sys_openat2+0x11b/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1437
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1468 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1463 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x174/0x210 fs/open.c:1463
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88803b8e9b00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88803b8e9b80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88803b8e9c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                                ^
 ffff88803b8e9c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88803b8e9d00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/19 07:33 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 07:00 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 06:10 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 05:19 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 04:47 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 04:15 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/19 03:43 upstream 74b4cc9b8780 ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/05/08 23:24 upstream 2c89c1b655c0 bb813bcc .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/05/08 22:51 upstream 2c89c1b655c0 bb813bcc .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/06/11 06:55 upstream aef17cb3d3c4 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
2025/05/08 22:33 upstream 2c89c1b655c0 bb813bcc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in recv_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.