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general protection fault in security_inode_getattr

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 12:21
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+c134c7c0e60ebbe77952@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 522d, last: 7d05h
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/03/27 android13-5.15-lts (ToT) 993bed180178 C [report] general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/03/27 lts (merge base) 6139f2a02fe0 C Didn't crash
2024/04/10 upstream (ToT) 2c71fdf02a95 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr origin:downstream 2 C 7 10d 523d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 18:25
upstream general protection fault in security_inode_getattr overlayfs 2 C done inconclusive 55 841d 1859d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:02
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 1 653d 653d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/25 11:36
android-54 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C 3 154d 1818d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/09/08 02:23
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr 8 6 208d 340d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/15 11:02
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (3) 8 9 166d 366d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/26 02:46
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (2) 2 1 102d 102d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/29 15:51
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (2) 2 4 491d 531d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/05 16:40
linux-4.19 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C error 29 1060d 1841d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/16 14:26
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 4 448d 496d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/17 16:33
android-5-10 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C 22 13d 523d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 17:56
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/24 09:52 19m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/08/24 09:52 19m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/08/24 09:52 20m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/06/26 15:10 6m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/06/26 15:10 7m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/05/23 08:40 8m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/04/11 02:05 5m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/04/11 02:05 6m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/03/08 13:25 11m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
2025/01/19 18:40 44m retest repro android13-5.15-lts report log
Fix bisection attempts (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/10/15 00:08 0m bisect fix android13-5.15-lts error job log
2024/09/01 20:14 1h14m bisect fix android13-5.15-lts OK (0) job log log
2024/07/27 22:28 1h03m bisect fix android13-5.15-lts OK (0) job log log
2024/06/11 02:54 1h21m bisect fix android13-5.15-lts OK (0) job log log
2024/04/28 05:24 1h34m bisect fix android13-5.15-lts OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]
CPU: 0 PID: 288 Comm: syz-executor218 Not tainted 5.15.189-syzkaller-00079-ga71626bd56a5 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
RIP: 0010:d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:562 [inline]
RIP: 0010:security_inode_getattr+0x47/0x130 security/security.c:1347
Code: 48 ff 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 67 a8 86 ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 30 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 4a a8 86 ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900009970e0 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffc900009974d0 RCX: ffff8881063ccf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc900009974e0 RDI: ffffc900009974d0
RBP: ffffc90000997108 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc900009974d0
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000020 R12: ffffc900009974d0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000030 R15: ffffc90000997480
FS:  000055558857c480(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001258e7000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vfs_getattr+0x29/0x310 fs/stat.c:157
 ovl_copy_up_one fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:965 [inline]
 ovl_copy_up_flags+0x3d9/0x1b20 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1051
 ovl_maybe_copy_up+0x160/0x190 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1083
 ovl_open+0x9d/0x1f0 fs/overlayfs/file.c:152
 do_dentry_open+0x834/0x1010 fs/open.c:828
 vfs_open fs/open.c:958 [inline]
 dentry_open+0xbb/0x100 fs/open.c:974
 file_open+0x298/0x630 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1493
 do_dentry_open+0x834/0x1010 fs/open.c:828
 vfs_open+0x73/0x80 fs/open.c:958
 do_open fs/namei.c:3608 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2646/0x2f10 fs/namei.c:3742
 do_filp_open+0x1b3/0x3e0 fs/namei.c:3769
 do_sys_openat2+0x14c/0x7b0 fs/open.c:1234
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1250 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1266 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1261 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x136/0x160 fs/open.c:1261
 x64_sys_call+0x219/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 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: 0033:0x7f85a8e7e159
Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 67 17 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 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 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fffe592a7f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0073662d6c61746e RCX: 00007f85a8e7e159
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fffe592a808 R08: 00007f85a8e4b150 R09: 00007f85a8e4b150
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fffe592aa68 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace d97d5beb8d62745c ]---
RIP: 0010:d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:562 [inline]
RIP: 0010:security_inode_getattr+0x47/0x130 security/security.c:1347
Code: 48 ff 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 67 a8 86 ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 30 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 4a a8 86 ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900009970e0 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffc900009974d0 RCX: ffff8881063ccf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc900009974e0 RDI: ffffc900009974d0
RBP: ffffc90000997108 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffc900009974d0
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000020 R12: ffffc900009974d0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000030 R15: ffffc90000997480
FS:  000055558857c480(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000001258e7000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	48 ff 4c 8d 73       	decq   0x73(%rbp,%rcx,4)
   5:	08 4c 89 f0          	or     %cl,-0x10(%rcx,%rcx,4)
   9:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
   d:	42 80 3c 28 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r13,1)
  12:	74 08                	je     0x1c
  14:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  17:	e8 67 a8 86 ff       	call   0xff86a883
  1c:	4d 8b 36             	mov    (%r14),%r14
  1f:	49 83 c6 30          	add    $0x30,%r14
  23:	4c 89 f0             	mov    %r14,%rax
  26:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
* 2a:	42 80 3c 28 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r13,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	74 08                	je     0x39
  31:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  34:	e8 4a a8 86 ff       	call   0xff86a883
  39:	4d 8b 36             	mov    (%r14),%r14
  3c:	49 83 c6 0c          	add    $0xc,%r14

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/25 12:16 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 fb8f743d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/07/23 10:14 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 e1dd4f22 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/03/28 01:45 android13-5.15-lts 9cecf52dacae 6c09fb82 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/01/05 15:00 android13-5.15-lts af461d0249a8 f3558dbf .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/03/27 12:20 android13-5.15-lts 993bed180178 454571b6 .config strace log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/08/24 17:02 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/08/07 03:06 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/01/05 14:15 android13-5.15-lts af461d0249a8 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.