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KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/15 08:24
Bug presence: origin:lts
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Reported-by: syzbot+5e72f23344f724a24cab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 8d02h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/15 lts (merge base) 89950c454265 C [report] KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread
2025/07/15 upstream (ToT) 155a3c003e55 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread origin:lts 12 C 5 7d12h 9d05h 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/15 15:45
android-5-10 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread 12 C 5 21d 113d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/02 05:33
upstream KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread f2fs 24 C done 5 318d 365d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:56
linux-6.1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread origin:lts-only 12 C error 10 199d 207d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/12/29 01:22

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:101 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:111 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:106 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in kthread_stop+0x3a/0x3e0 kernel/kthread.c:675
Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000028 by task syz.6.76/808

CPU: 1 PID: 808 Comm: syz.6.76 Not tainted 5.15.187-syzkaller-00603-geabc268e4fb2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:431 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xe7/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:444
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x280/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:37
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:101 [inline]
 atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:111 [inline]
 __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
 __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
 refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
 get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:106 [inline]
 kthread_stop+0x3a/0x3e0 kernel/kthread.c:675
 f2fs_stop_gc_thread+0x65/0xb0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:198
 f2fs_ioc_shutdown fs/f2fs/file.c:2273 [inline]
 __f2fs_ioctl+0x5c36/0xb150 fs/f2fs/file.c:4192
 f2fs_ioctl+0x149/0x240 fs/f2fs/file.c:4273
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x121/0x1a0 fs/ioctl.c:860
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:860
 x64_sys_call+0x2f/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f64023db929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f6401e2b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6402603080 RCX: 00007f64023db929
RDX: 0000200000000140 RSI: 000000008004587d RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f640245db39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f6402603080 R15: 00007ffd452bd648
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 131952067 P4D 131952067 PUD 0 
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 808 Comm: syz.6.76 Tainted: G    B             5.15.187-syzkaller-00603-geabc268e4fb2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_fetch_add arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:184 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:112 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
RIP: 0010:refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
RIP: 0010:get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:106 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x40/0x3e0 kernel/kthread.c:675
Code: 00 fc ff df e8 e1 c4 23 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 e8 d7 c4 23 00 4c 8d 73 28 4c 89 f7 be 04 00 00 00 e8 d6 3d 62 00 41 bf 01 00 00 00 <f0> 44 0f c1 7b 28 31 ff 44 89 fe e8 60 c8 23 00 45 85 ff 0f 84 32
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001be7918 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88812bae2700 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88812bae2780
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffffc90001be7940 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: fffffbfff0e17c4c R11: 1ffffffff0e17c4c R12: 1ffff11021742d23
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000028 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007f6401e2b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 0000000130444000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 f2fs_stop_gc_thread+0x65/0xb0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:198
 f2fs_ioc_shutdown fs/f2fs/file.c:2273 [inline]
 __f2fs_ioctl+0x5c36/0xb150 fs/f2fs/file.c:4192
 f2fs_ioctl+0x149/0x240 fs/f2fs/file.c:4273
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x121/0x1a0 fs/ioctl.c:860
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:860
 x64_sys_call+0x2f/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f64023db929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f6401e2b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6402603080 RCX: 00007f64023db929
RDX: 0000200000000140 RSI: 000000008004587d RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f640245db39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f6402603080 R15: 00007ffd452bd648
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000028
---[ end trace d363fa53ac13773d ]---
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_fetch_add arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:184 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:112 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
RIP: 0010:refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
RIP: 0010:get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:106 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x40/0x3e0 kernel/kthread.c:675
Code: 00 fc ff df e8 e1 c4 23 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 e8 d7 c4 23 00 4c 8d 73 28 4c 89 f7 be 04 00 00 00 e8 d6 3d 62 00 41 bf 01 00 00 00 <f0> 44 0f c1 7b 28 31 ff 44 89 fe e8 60 c8 23 00 45 85 ff 0f 84 32
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001be7918 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88812bae2700 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88812bae2780
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffffc90001be7940 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: fffffbfff0e17c4c R11: 1ffffffff0e17c4c R12: 1ffff11021742d23
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000028 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007f6401e2b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 0000000130444000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess), 3 bytes skipped:
   0:	df e8                	fucomip %st(0),%st
   2:	e1 c4                	loope  0xffffffc8
   4:	23 00                	and    (%rax),%eax
   6:	0f 1f 44 00 00       	nopl   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
   b:	e8 d7 c4 23 00       	call   0x23c4e7
  10:	4c 8d 73 28          	lea    0x28(%rbx),%r14
  14:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  17:	be 04 00 00 00       	mov    $0x4,%esi
  1c:	e8 d6 3d 62 00       	call   0x623df7
  21:	41 bf 01 00 00 00    	mov    $0x1,%r15d
* 27:	f0 44 0f c1 7b 28    	lock xadd %r15d,0x28(%rbx) <-- trapping instruction
  2d:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
  2f:	44 89 fe             	mov    %r15d,%esi
  32:	e8 60 c8 23 00       	call   0x23c897
  37:	45 85 ff             	test   %r15d,%r15d
  3a:	0f                   	.byte 0xf
  3b:	84 32                	test   %dh,(%rdx)

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/15 12:08 android13-5.15-lts eabc268e4fb2 03fcfc4b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-15 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread
2025/07/15 08:17 android13-5.15-lts eabc268e4fb2 03fcfc4b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-15 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread
2025/07/16 18:30 android13-5.15-lts 6b619c45dff5 124ec9cc .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-15 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread
2025/07/14 19:22 android13-5.15-lts eabc268e4fb2 d8fc7335 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-15 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in f2fs_stop_gc_thread
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.