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KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/04/01 09:33
Subsystems: input usb
Labels: actionable
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Reported-by: syzbot+563191a4939ddbfe73d4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d00h, last: 5d00h
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cc523f83-af8d-4728-a5e2-a90e212e4886 moderation Actionable: ✅  Confident: ✅  KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (4) 2026/04/01 00:02 2026/04/01 00:02 2026/04/01 01:03 aeea1c7238ce8309f33041dd38ccef93fffa0d3c
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[syzbot] [input?] [usb?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (4) 0 (1) 2026/04/01 09:33
Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (2) usb input 19 2 653d 676d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/15 03:02
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (3) input usb 19 1 558d 551d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/29 18:56
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect input usb 19 2 952d 976d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/20 22:03
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (4) input usb 19 1 1299d 1295d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/07 23:19
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (5) usb input 19 1 1167d 1163d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/19 23:02
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (3) input usb 19 1 1426d 1426d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/09/03 10:29
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect (2) usb input 19 1 1591d 1587d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/19 22:15

Sample crash report:
usb 6-1: USB disconnect, device number 25
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in debug_spin_lock_before kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:86 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock+0x23b/0x260 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880289f981c by task kworker/1:3/6000

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6000 Comm: kworker/1:3 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
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+0x156/0x4c9 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 debug_spin_lock_before kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:86 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x23b/0x260 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x42/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x18b/0x790 kernel/locking/mutex.c:963
 hiddev_disconnect+0x15b/0x1d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:940
 hid_disconnect+0xbe/0x1b0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2353
 hid_hw_stop drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2400 [inline]
 hid_device_remove+0x1b2/0x270 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2834
 device_remove+0xcb/0x180 drivers/base/dd.c:631
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1344 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x44e/0x620 drivers/base/dd.c:1367
 bus_remove_device+0x2bc/0x560 drivers/base/bus.c:657
 device_del+0x376/0x9b0 drivers/base/core.c:3880
 hid_remove_device drivers/hid/hid-core.c:3009 [inline]
 hid_destroy_device+0x19c/0x240 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:3031
 usbhid_disconnect+0xa0/0xe0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:1477
 usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:633 [inline]
 device_remove+0x12a/0x180 drivers/base/dd.c:625
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1344 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x44e/0x620 drivers/base/dd.c:1367
 bus_remove_device+0x2bc/0x560 drivers/base/bus.c:657
 device_del+0x376/0x9b0 drivers/base/core.c:3880
 usb_disable_device+0x367/0x810 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1476
 usb_disconnect+0x2e2/0x9a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2345
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5407 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1d0c/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work+0xa23/0x19a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3276
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3359 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 24:
 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
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 hiddev_connect+0x259/0x5d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:893
 hid_connect+0x241/0x1750 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2267
 hid_hw_start+0xaa/0x140 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2380
 plantronics_probe+0x2b9/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hid-plantronics.c:209
 __hid_device_probe drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2776 [inline]
 hid_device_probe+0x50e/0x800 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2813
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:643 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:721
 __driver_probe_device+0x1de/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1b0 drivers/base/dd.c:893
 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:1021
 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1093
 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1148
 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:613
 device_add+0x11d9/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3691
 hid_add_device+0x2bf/0x440 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2952
 usbhid_probe+0xd57/0x1350 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:1450
 usb_probe_interface+0x303/0x8f0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:643 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:721
 __driver_probe_device+0x1de/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1b0 drivers/base/dd.c:893
 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:1021
 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1093
 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1148
 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:613
 device_add+0x11d9/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3691
 usb_set_configuration+0xd97/0x1c60 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2266
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0xa1/0xe0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0xef/0x400 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:643 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:721
 __driver_probe_device+0x1de/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1b0 drivers/base/dd.c:893
 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:1021
 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1093
 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1148
 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:613
 device_add+0x11d9/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3691
 usb_new_device.cold+0x685/0x115c 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+0x314d/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work+0xa23/0x19a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3276
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3359 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 11803:
 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:2685 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6165 [inline]
 kfree+0x1f6/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:6483
 hiddev_release+0x40d/0x520 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:232
 __fput+0x3ff/0xb40 fs/file_table.c:469
 task_work_run+0x150/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:233
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:67 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x100/0x4a0 kernel/entry/common.c:98
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:325 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x67c/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880289f9800
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of
 freed 512-byte region [ffff8880289f9800, ffff8880289f9a00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff8880289f8c00 pfn:0x289f8
head: order:2 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000000240(workingset|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000240 ffff88801b842c80 ffffea0000b3f710 ffffea00015f9410
raw: ffff8880289f8c00 0000000800100008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000240 ffff88801b842c80 ffffea0000b3f710 ffffea00015f9410
head: ffff8880289f8c00 0000000800100008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000002 ffffea0000a27e01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000004
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 10245, tgid 10245 (udevd), ts 189371739713, free_ts 189294134261
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x153/0x170 mm/page_alloc.c:1889
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1897 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x111d/0x3140 mm/page_alloc.c:3962
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x27c/0x2ba0 mm/page_alloc.c:5250
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3292 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3481 [inline]
 new_slab+0xa6/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:3539
 refill_objects+0x26b/0x400 mm/slub.c:7175
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2812 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x1ab/0x660 mm/slub.c:4615
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4717 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4851 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x493/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5375
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 kernfs_fop_open+0x23d/0xd50 fs/kernfs/file.c:641
 do_dentry_open+0x6d8/0x1660 fs/open.c:949
 vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1081
 do_open fs/namei.c:4671 [inline]
 path_openat+0x208c/0x31a0 fs/namei.c:4830
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_sys_openat2+0x10d/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1366
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1383
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
page last free pid 11125 tgid 11125 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1433 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0x7e1/0x10d0 mm/page_alloc.c:2978
 stack_depot_save_flags+0x435/0x9d0 lib/stackdepot.c:735
 kasan_save_stack+0x3f/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:58
 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
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 ida_alloc_range+0x464/0x830 lib/idr.c:420
 ida_alloc include/linux/idr.h:293 [inline]
 create_worker+0x99/0x750 kernel/workqueue.c:2796
 maybe_create_worker kernel/workqueue.c:3075 [inline]
 manage_workers kernel/workqueue.c:3152 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x8e2/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3415
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 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:
 ffff8880289f9700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff8880289f9780: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff8880289f9800: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                            ^
 ffff8880289f9880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff8880289f9900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/27 18:07 upstream 46b513250491 ef441708 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in hiddev_disconnect
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.