KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/06/12 20:43
Subsystems: fs netfilter
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+60332fd095f8bb2946ad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 979d5b8de8ed ieee802154: hwsim: serialize pib updates to fix double-free
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 102d, last: 1h40m
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53da1bc0 repro-c 💥 KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf 2026/08/07 14:02 2026/08/07 22:10 2026/08/08 04:45 e4ef95d6
fb1c2244 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf 2026/06/10 06:10 2026/06/10 06:10 2026/06/10 06:52 34dab4be
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[PATCH] ieee802154: hwsim: serialize pib updates to fix double-free 4 (4) 2026/09/02 08:28
[syzbot] Monthly netfilter report (Sep 2026) 0 (1) 2026/09/01 20:33
[syzbot] [mm?] KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf 0 (1) 2026/06/12 20:43

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf+0x1a/0xe0 mm/slub.c:6060
Free of addr ffff88803350a380 by task ksoftirqd/0/15

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0x13d/0x4b0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report_invalid_free+0xb8/0x190 mm/kasan/report.c:557
 check_slab_allocation+0xc3/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:235
 kasan_slab_pre_free include/linux/kasan.h:199 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2693 [inline]
 __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0x117/0x300 mm/slub.c:3009
 rcu_free_sheaf+0x1a/0xe0 mm/slub.c:6060
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2650 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x5f0/0x1260 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2919
 handle_softirqs+0x1e6/0x9d0 kernel/softirq.c:645
 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:1099 [inline]
 run_ksoftirqd+0x38/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1091
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x3d3/0xab0 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 1832:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2f8/0x6d0 mm/slub.c:5563
 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
 _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
 hwsim_update_pib.isra.0+0x53/0x410 drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c:103
 hwsim_set_promiscuous_mode+0x14f/0x3a0 drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c:326
 drv_set_promiscuous_mode+0x133/0x330 net/mac802154/driver-ops.h:127
 drv_start net/mac802154/driver-ops.h:167 [inline]
 mac802154_scan_worker+0x68e/0x1240 net/mac802154/scan.c:248
 process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3396
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3479 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3560
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 15:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2748 [inline]
 __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare+0x5d/0x300 mm/slub.c:3009
 rcu_free_sheaf+0x1a/0xe0 mm/slub.c:6060
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2650 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x5f0/0x1260 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2919
 handle_softirqs+0x1e6/0x9d0 kernel/softirq.c:645
 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:1099 [inline]
 run_ksoftirqd+0x38/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1091
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x3d3/0xab0 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88803350a380
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-64 of size 64
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
 64-byte region [ffff88803350a380, ffff88803350a3c0)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x3350a
flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000000 ffff88801c02f8c0 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000200020 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2c40(GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 4968, tgid 4968 (udevd), ts 19089657216
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0xfd/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1871
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1879 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x110d/0x35d0 mm/page_alloc.c:3943
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2eb/0x3300 mm/page_alloc.c:5436
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3347 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3462 [inline]
 new_slab+0xa9/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:3513
 refill_objects+0xe3/0x410 mm/slub.c:7417
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2885 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x35e/0x650 mm/slub.c:4774
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4850 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4984 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5413 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x67c/0x840 mm/slub.c:5439
 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:995 [inline]
 tomoyo_add_entry security/tomoyo/common.c:2166 [inline]
 tomoyo_supervisor+0x65d/0x1340 security/tomoyo/common.c:2238
 tomoyo_audit_path_log security/tomoyo/file.c:169 [inline]
 tomoyo_path_permission security/tomoyo/file.c:592 [inline]
 tomoyo_path_permission+0x270/0x3b0 security/tomoyo/file.c:577
 tomoyo_path_perm+0x364/0x460 security/tomoyo/file.c:843
 security_inode_getattr+0x116/0x280 security/security.c:1895
 vfs_getattr fs/stat.c:259 [inline]
 vfs_fstat+0x4b/0xe0 fs/stat.c:281
 __do_sys_newfstat+0x8b/0x110 fs/stat.c:551
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
page last free pid 15 tgid 15 ts 18796026745 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1418 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0x79f/0x10f0 mm/page_alloc.c:2962
 __pagetable_free include/linux/mm.h:3804 [inline]
 pagetable_free include/linux/mm.h:3828 [inline]
 pagetable_dtor_free include/linux/mm.h:3927 [inline]
 __tlb_remove_table include/asm-generic/tlb.h:221 [inline]
 __tlb_remove_table_free mm/mmu_gather.c:228 [inline]
 tlb_remove_table_rcu+0x2cf/0x380 mm/mmu_gather.c:291
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2650 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x5f0/0x1260 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2919
 handle_softirqs+0x1e6/0x9d0 kernel/softirq.c:645
 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:1099 [inline]
 run_ksoftirqd+0x38/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1091
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x3d3/0xab0 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88803350a280: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88803350a300: 00 00 00 00 04 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88803350a380: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                   ^
 ffff88803350a400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88803350a480: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crashes (54):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/18 07:26 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 06:03 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/15 07:57 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 12:41 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4a607247 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 00:35 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 00:34 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/14 10:33 net e6b6078ea173 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/14 10:16 net e6b6078ea173 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/06/22 03:06 net 1579342d7113 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 19:37 net-next 4bb9710c6a68 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 09:56 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 08:51 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 03:12 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 03:12 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 03:12 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/18 03:11 net-next 26ee8cd69d46 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 17:23 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 16:25 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 15:18 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 14:11 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 13:57 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 13:23 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 13:23 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 12:25 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 12:21 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 10:04 net-next 7bc21b740291 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/16 19:26 net-next 87b80c2f6b05 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/16 19:19 net-next 87b80c2f6b05 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/16 19:19 net-next 87b80c2f6b05 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/14 22:08 net-next 879e280b8486 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/14 18:49 net-next 879e280b8486 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/13 09:35 net-next 879e280b8486 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/12 16:57 net-next c0aca269ec07 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/12 14:44 net-next c0aca269ec07 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/11 13:35 net-next 348ea4642f56 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/10 10:42 net-next 8342c68435dd 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/06 14:41 net-next 31f961de2f90 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/04 01:12 net-next 7042c8c193e5 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/01 18:49 net-next c8ea08ba34f2 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/07/12 11:47 net-next f6f3b36c15ed d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/06/17 03:25 net-next 72dfa4700f78 0e4b3e40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/06/11 22:03 net-next 0ce346bf2f68 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/06/08 20:36 net-next 903db046d557 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 17:47 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/09/17 09:28 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
2026/06/12 02:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 596d152bc5e3 e93da63e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 KASAN: invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.