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

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/29 03:47
Reported-by: syzbot+9d5ba131e18eed0c503b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 111d, last: 12h31m

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in list_empty include/linux/list.h:380 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in waitqueue_active include/linux/wait.h:129 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in wq_has_sleeper include/linux/wait.h:163 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in io_cqring_wake io_uring/io_uring.h:260 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in io_cq_unlock_post io_uring/io_uring.c:647 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __io_req_complete_post+0x7a2/0x10b0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1012
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88805806e2d8 by task kworker/0:2/56

CPU: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events ublk_stop_work_fn
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 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
 list_empty include/linux/list.h:380 [inline]
 waitqueue_active include/linux/wait.h:129 [inline]
 wq_has_sleeper include/linux/wait.h:163 [inline]
 io_cqring_wake io_uring/io_uring.h:260 [inline]
 io_cq_unlock_post io_uring/io_uring.c:647 [inline]
 __io_req_complete_post+0x7a2/0x10b0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1012
 io_uring_cmd_done+0x266/0x390 io_uring/uring_cmd.c:72
 ublk_cancel_queue drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1576 [inline]
 ublk_cancel_dev+0x1f7/0x3a0 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1589
 ublk_stop_dev+0x367/0x410 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c:1690
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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 13353:
 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]
 io_ring_ctx_alloc+0x54/0xc10 io_uring/io_uring.c:289
 io_uring_create+0x2df/0x1330 io_uring/io_uring.c:3993
 io_uring_setup io_uring/io_uring.c:4178 [inline]
 __do_sys_io_uring_setup io_uring/io_uring.c:4205 [inline]
 __se_sys_io_uring_setup+0x29f/0x2b0 io_uring/io_uring.c:4199
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

Freed by task 8701:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 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/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3843
 io_ring_exit_work+0x7a6/0x830 io_uring/io_uring.c:3264
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3e/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xaf/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:492
 insert_work+0x3d/0x310 kernel/workqueue.c:1674
 __queue_work+0xbfd/0xfd0 kernel/workqueue.c:1823
 queue_work_on+0x128/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1858
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:564 [inline]
 io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill+0x256/0x2b0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3296
 io_uring_release+0x42/0x50 io_uring/io_uring.c:3304
 __fput+0x221/0x940 fs/file_table.c:418
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:43 [inline]
 do_exit+0x986/0x2530 kernel/exit.c:890
 do_group_exit+0x22d/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1032
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1043 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1041 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1041
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88805806e000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096
The buggy address is located 728 bytes inside of
 freed 4096-byte region [ffff88805806e000, ffff88805806f000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea0001601a00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x58068
head:ffffea0001601a00 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 ffff888017c42140 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 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 0x1d2040(__GFP_IO|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 10708, tgid 10707 (syz.5.1161), ts 897404308582, free_ts 897363276304
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:31 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1c1/0x200 mm/page_alloc.c:1582
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1589 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2181/0x22a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3221
 __alloc_pages+0x1f0/0x460 mm/page_alloc.c:4501
 alloc_slab_page+0x5d/0x180 mm/slub.c:1881
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2028 [inline]
 new_slab+0x87/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:2081
 ___slab_alloc+0xc5c/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+0x11f/0x250 mm/slub.c:3534
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xa7/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:1020
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0xe6/0x5c0 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:251
 tomoyo_mount_acl security/tomoyo/mount.c:141 [inline]
 tomoyo_mount_permission+0x91e/0x9d0 security/tomoyo/mount.c:237
 security_sb_mount+0x87/0xc0 security/security.c:1412
 path_mount+0xbc/0xfa0 fs/namespace.c:3655
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1182 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7d7/0x8f0 mm/page_alloc.c:2366
 free_unref_page+0x32/0x2e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2459
 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+0x6a/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:770
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x194/0x250 mm/slub.c:3534
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xa7/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:1020
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0xe6/0x5c0 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:251
 tomoyo_get_realpath security/tomoyo/file.c:151 [inline]
 tomoyo_path_perm+0x282/0x560 security/tomoyo/file.c:822
 security_inode_getattr+0xd3/0x120 security/security.c:2190
 vfs_getattr fs/stat.c:173 [inline]
 vfs_fstat fs/stat.c:198 [inline]
 __do_sys_newfstat fs/stat.c:473 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstat fs/stat.c:470 [inline]
 __x64_sys_newfstat+0x12c/0x250 fs/stat.c:470
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88805806e180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88805806e200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88805806e280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                    ^
 ffff88805806e300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88805806e380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (27):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/17 03:49 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/08/14 02:00 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/08/14 01:08 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/08/05 07:11 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/08/03 15:20 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/25 11:35 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/24 18:35 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/21 00:34 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/18 08:15 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/16 17:11 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/15 13:09 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/07/11 06:22 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/29 16:13 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/28 09:05 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/27 15:30 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/24 16:20 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 302586aa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/24 04:04 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 042555ff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/13 10:53 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/12 22:22 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/11 18:12 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/11 03:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/10 16:28 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb f79bac11 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/09 17:28 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/09 17:27 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/08 04:05 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/06/03 09:21 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
2026/05/29 03:46 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __io_req_complete_post
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.