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

Status: fixed on 2026/05/21 07:50
Subsystems: media
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Reported-by: syzbot+6ffd76b5405c006a46b7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 3b7da2b4d0fe media: hackrf: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in hackrf_probe()
First crash: 345d, last: 191d
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		KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __video_do_ioctl
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			[PATCH v3] media: hackrf: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in hackrf_probe()
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Sample crash report:

	
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in video_is_registered include/media/v4l2-dev.h:546 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __video_do_ioctl+0x47f/0xc10 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:3105
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88808419c5c8 by task v4l_id/23269

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 23269 Comm: v4l_id Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x2b0/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]
 _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]
 video_is_registered include/media/v4l2-dev.h:546 [inline]
 __video_do_ioctl+0x47f/0xc10 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:3105
 video_usercopy+0x82a/0x13f0 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:3473
 v4l2_ioctl+0x18d/0x1e0 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:366
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6887d1d378
Code: 00 00 48 8d 44 24 08 48 89 54 24 e0 48 89 44 24 c0 48 8d 44 24 d0 48 89 44 24 c8 b8 10 00 00 00 c7 44 24 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 07 89 d0 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 49 3a 0d
RSP: 002b:00007fffd3d8de28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f6887d1d378
RDX: 00007fffd3d8de30 RSI: 0000000080685600 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fffd3d8dfe0 R14: 00007f68885a1000 R15: 00005583d3b834d8
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 12349:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3e2/0x700 mm/slub.c:5776
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
 hackrf_probe+0xda/0x1390 drivers/media/usb/hackrf/hackrf.c:1351
 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2210
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3c0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_new_device+0xa39/0x1720 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x29b1/0x4ef0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

Freed by task 12349:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6670 [inline]
 kfree+0x1c0/0x660 mm/slub.c:6878
 hackrf_probe+0xd98/0x1390 drivers/media/usb/hackrf/hackrf.c:1523
 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2210
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3c0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0xad0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_new_device+0xa39/0x1720 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x29b1/0x4ef0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88808419c000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8k of size 8192
The buggy address is located 1480 bytes inside of
 freed 8192-byte region [ffff88808419c000, ffff88808419e000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x84198
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813ffa7280 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080020002 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813ffa7280 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: 0000000000000000 0000000080020002 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000003 ffffea0002106601 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 23262, tgid 23245 (syz.3.22760), ts 1279483459495, free_ts 1279465303059
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x234/0x290 mm/page_alloc.c:1857
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1865 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24e0/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3915
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5210
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2486
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3075 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x86/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:3248
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3302 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0xe53/0x1820 mm/slub.c:4656
 __slab_alloc+0x65/0x100 mm/slub.c:4779
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4855 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5251 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x41e/0x700 mm/slub.c:5771
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
 uhid_queue_event+0x56/0x280 drivers/hid/uhid.c:113
 hid_hw_open+0xe9/0x1f0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2421
 hidraw_open+0x295/0x8b0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:308
 chrdev_open+0x4cc/0x5e0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7ce/0x1420 fs/open.c:962
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x340 fs/open.c:1094
 do_open fs/namei.c:4637 [inline]
 path_openat+0x340e/0x3dd0 fs/namei.c:4796
 do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4823
page last free pid 23259 tgid 23259 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1406 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xbc8/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2943
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:3346 [inline]
 __put_partials+0x146/0x170 mm/slub.c:3886
 __slab_free+0x294/0x320 mm/slub.c:5952
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x37d/0x710 mm/slub.c:5270
 getname_flags+0xb8/0x540 fs/namei.c:146
 getname include/linux/fs.h:2498 [inline]
 do_sys_openat2+0xbc/0x200 fs/open.c:1426
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1447
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88808419c480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88808419c500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88808419c580: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                              ^
 ffff88808419c600: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88808419c680: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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			2026/01/12 15:50
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			2025/10/19 05:33
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			2025/08/11 16:38
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