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

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/10 08:57
Reported-by: syzbot+4aedd796659b42864ece@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 348d, last: 33d
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb usb 19 1 1038d 1036d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/28 05:12
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (2) prio:high usb 22 351 8d14h 822d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/03/22 17:26
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb 19 39 366d 955d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/30 06:38
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (2) usb 19 1 1299d 1295d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/03/31 19:51
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (2) 19 37 11d 248d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/10/17 22:12
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb 19 syz error 36 20d 808d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/04/06 03:35

Sample crash report:
xpad 2-1:179.65: xpad_irq_in - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
xpad 2-1:179.65: xpad_irq_out - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in register_lock_class+0x80b/0x8a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1333
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888060084891 by task kworker/u4:7/2896

CPU: 1 PID: 2896 Comm: kworker/u4:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:364 [inline]
 print_report+0xa8/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:468
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:581
 register_lock_class+0x80b/0x8a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1333
 __lock_acquire+0x188/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5014
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb4/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:137 [inline]
 __wake_up+0x10b/0x1a0 kernel/sched/wait.c:160
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x396/0x520 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1653
 dummy_timer+0x8de/0x3320 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2003
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1750 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x520/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1814
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x187/0x2b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1831
 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:should_resched arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:104 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_enable_ip+0x142/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:413
Code: 8a e8 02 96 34 09 65 66 8b 05 ba 4a b1 7e 66 85 c0 75 54 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 3b 23 0a 00 e8 d6 2e 3b 00 fb 65 8b 05 86 4a b1 7e <85> c0 75 05 e8 05 32 ae ff 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7 04 37 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bb3fa20 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 0000000000000201 RCX: 3f9a563bb305e800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acacbe0 RDI: ffffffff8b1c9860
RBP: ffffc9000bb3fab8 R08: ffffffff911c75df R09: 1ffffffff2238ebb
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2238ebc R12: ffffffff8a4ea631
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92001767f44
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_paths+0x311/0x3a0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:471
 batadv_nc_worker+0x328/0x610 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:720
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 23:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
 xpad_probe+0x41c/0x1ec0 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:2075
 usb_probe_interface+0x5c9/0xb20 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x25b/0xb20 drivers/base/dd.c:658
 __driver_probe_device+0x1ef/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:820
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:850
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ca/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:978
 bus_for_each_drv+0x252/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:459
 __device_attach+0x2c2/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1050
 bus_probe_device+0x180/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:534
 device_add+0x88e/0xc50 drivers/base/core.c:3698
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a79/0x20c0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2265
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x13d/0x270 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x25b/0xb20 drivers/base/dd.c:658
 __driver_probe_device+0x1ef/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:820
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:850
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ca/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:978
 bus_for_each_drv+0x252/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:459
 __device_attach+0x2c2/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1050
 bus_probe_device+0x180/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:534
 device_add+0x88e/0xc50 drivers/base/core.c:3698
 usb_new_device+0xa3c/0x1660 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2660
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5529 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5669 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5833 [inline]
 hub_event+0x29bf/0x49f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5915
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293

Freed by task 788:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xba/0x1e0 mm/slub.c:3843
 xpad_disconnect+0x350/0x480 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:2256
 usb_unbind_interface+0x1f2/0x870 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:569 [inline]
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1292 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x4cb/0x7a0 drivers/base/dd.c:1315
 bus_remove_device+0x342/0x400 drivers/base/bus.c:576
 device_del+0x522/0x910 drivers/base/core.c:3887
 usb_disable_device+0x3e9/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1474
 usb_disconnect+0x34c/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2315
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5369 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5669 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5833 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1d0f/0x49f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5915
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888060084800
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
The buggy address is located 145 bytes inside of
 freed 1024-byte region [ffff888060084800, ffff888060084c00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea0001802000 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x60080
head:ffffea0001802000 order:3 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000000840(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: 0xffffffff()
raw: 00fff00000000840 ffff888017c41dc0 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x152820(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 49, tgid 49 (kworker/u4:3), ts 93732016232, free_ts 93730386753
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:31 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1c1/0x200 mm/page_alloc.c:1581
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1588 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x1951/0x19e0 mm/page_alloc.c:3220
 __alloc_pages+0x1f0/0x460 mm/page_alloc.c:4500
 alloc_slab_page+0x5d/0x160 mm/slub.c:1881
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2028 [inline]
 new_slab+0x87/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:2081
 ___slab_alloc+0xc5d/0x12f0 mm/slub.c:3253
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3339 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3392 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3485 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x19e/0x250 mm/slub.c:3534
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xa4/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:1020
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
 ieee802_11_parse_elems_full+0xb9/0x20c0 net/mac80211/util.c:1616
 ieee802_11_parse_elems_crc net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:2337 [inline]
 ieee802_11_parse_elems net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:2344 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_beacon net/mac80211/ibss.c:1609 [inline]
 ieee80211_ibss_rx_queued_mgmt+0x4b5/0x2c80 net/mac80211/ibss.c:1642
 ieee80211_iface_process_skb net/mac80211/iface.c:1655 [inline]
 ieee80211_iface_work+0x717/0xc70 net/mac80211/iface.c:1709
 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x225/0x260 net/wireless/core.c:437
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1181 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7b2/0x8c0 mm/page_alloc.c:2365
 free_unref_page+0x32/0x2e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2458
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2127 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1cf/0x210 mm/slub.c:2667
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2743
 __slab_free+0x319/0x400 mm/slub.c:3700
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x75/0xd0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:306
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6e/0x4b0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x11a/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3519
 anon_vma_chain_alloc mm/rmap.c:142 [inline]
 __anon_vma_prepare+0x68/0x430 mm/rmap.c:196
 anon_vma_prepare include/linux/rmap.h:159 [inline]
 do_anonymous_page mm/memory.c:4148 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3687 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x401d/0x4c00 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x730/0x12c0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888060084780: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff888060084800: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888060084880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                         ^
 ffff888060084900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888060084980: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	8a e8                	mov    %al,%ch
   2:	02 96 34 09 65 66    	add    0x66650934(%rsi),%dl
   8:	8b 05 ba 4a b1 7e    	mov    0x7eb14aba(%rip),%eax        # 0x7eb14ac8
   e:	66 85 c0             	test   %ax,%ax
  11:	75 54                	jne    0x67
  13:	bf 01 00 00 00       	mov    $0x1,%edi
  18:	e8 3b 23 0a 00       	call   0xa2358
  1d:	e8 d6 2e 3b 00       	call   0x3b2ef8
  22:	fb                   	sti
  23:	65 8b 05 86 4a b1 7e 	mov    %gs:0x7eb14a86(%rip),%eax        # 0x7eb14ab0
* 2a:	85 c0                	test   %eax,%eax <-- trapping instruction
  2c:	75 05                	jne    0x33
  2e:	e8 05 32 ae ff       	call   0xffae3238
  33:	48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 	movq   $0x45e0360e,(%rsp)
  3a:	45
  3b:	4b                   	rex.WXB
  3c:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7
  3d:	04 37                	add    $0x37,%al

Crashes (19):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/21 00:55 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/05/12 09:08 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/05/09 03:01 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/02/25 07:38 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/02/23 13:53 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/01/30 15:07 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/01/28 04:03 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/01/19 12:03 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2026/01/04 22:20 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/11/17 15:49 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/11/15 19:10 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/10/23 21:58 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/09/24 08:09 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/09/11 19:49 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/08/29 23:18 linux-6.6.y cc1a1c5b404a 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/08/08 02:24 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 6a893178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/07/24 01:08 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 0c1d6ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/07/14 21:46 linux-6.6.y 9247f4e6573a d8fc7335 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
2025/07/10 08:56 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 956bd956 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __usb_hcd_giveback_urb
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.