general protection fault in security_inode_getattr

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 18:25
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+c58fbb225bcffe111d4a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 899d, last: 19d
Fix bisection: failed (error log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/03/27 android14-6.1 (ToT) eef3b6e52937 C [report] general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/03/27 lts (merge base) 883d1a956208 C Didn't crash
2024/04/10 upstream (ToT) 2c71fdf02a95 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream general protection fault in security_inode_getattr overlayfs 2 syz, C done inconclusive 55 1217d 2235d 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 1029d 1029d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/25 11:36
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (4) 2 1 317d 317d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/06 18:28
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr (2) 8 6 6h57m 170d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/03/25 18:46
android-54 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 syz, C 3 530d 2194d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/09/08 02:23
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (3) 2 1 321d 321d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/02 20:46
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr 8 6 584d 716d 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 542d 742d 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 478d 478d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/29 15:51
android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr origin:downstream 2 syz, C error 12 17d 898d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 12:21
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (2) 2 4 867d 907d 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 syz, C error 29 1436d 2217d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/16 14:26
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 4 824d 872d 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 syz, C 33 9d06h 899d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 17:56
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (5) 2 7 111d 198d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/31 10:04
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/07/03 14:22 43m retest repro android14-6.1 log
2026/06/21 10:34 17m retest repro android14-6.1 log
2026/05/15 13:01 1h42m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/04/22 20:15 17m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/04/08 02:34 14m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/03/06 11:27 6m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/02/11 03:20 6m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/01/27 22:14 6m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2026/01/27 22:09 6m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
2025/12/26 09:46 6m retest repro android14-6.1 report log
Fix bisection attempts (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/11/18 21:31 0m bisect fix android14-6.1 error
2025/06/21 19:45 2h35m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2025/05/06 23:41 1h27m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2025/03/01 19:25 1h46m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2025/01/28 20:51 43m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2024/12/21 07:15 1h05m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2024/11/07 04:13 1h14m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2024/10/05 18:48 1h23m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2024/08/23 14:23 38m bisect fix android14-6.1 OK (0) job log log
2024/07/15 02:31 39m bisect fix android14-6.1 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: 305 Comm: syz-executor295 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:552 [inline]
RIP: 0010:security_inode_getattr+0x47/0x140 security/security.c:1360
Code: 38 ff 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b7 db 7d 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 9a db 7d ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000e37620 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffc90000e37740 RCX: ffff888110085100
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90000e37840 RDI: ffffc90000e37740
RBP: ffffc90000e37648 R08: ffffc90000e3774f R09: ffffc90000e37740
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520001c6eea R12: ffffc90000e37740
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000030 R15: fffff520001c6ee4
FS:  0000555581bc33c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000464430 CR3: 0000000122169000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vfs_getattr+0x29/0x310 fs/stat.c:158
 ovl_getattr+0x398/0xf70 fs/overlayfs/inode.c:246
 vfs_getattr_nosec fs/stat.c:124 [inline]
 vfs_getattr+0x288/0x310 fs/stat.c:161
 incfs_getattr+0x2a4/0x3a0 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1726
 vfs_getattr_nosec fs/stat.c:124 [inline]
 vfs_getattr fs/stat.c:161 [inline]
 vfs_statx+0x3b7/0x6b0 fs/stat.c:233
 vfs_fstatat fs/stat.c:267 [inline]
 vfs_lstat include/linux/fs.h:3441 [inline]
 __do_sys_newlstat fs/stat.c:423 [inline]
 __se_sys_newlstat+0x120/0x3f0 fs/stat.c:417
 __x64_sys_newlstat+0x5b/0x70 fs/stat.c:417
 x64_sys_call+0x393/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:7
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f2f6d17fd79
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 0f 1f 44 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffd8372ba68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000006
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 2f30656c69662f2e RCX: 00007f2f6d17fd79
RDX: 00007f2f6d17fd79 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00002000000006c0
RBP: 0032656c69662f30 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000001000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0030656c69662f2e
R13: 0000200000000000 R14: 00007f2f6d210ca0 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:552 [inline]
RIP: 0010:security_inode_getattr+0x47/0x140 security/security.c:1360
Code: 38 ff 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b7 db 7d 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 9a db 7d ff 4d 8b 36 49 83 c6 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000e37620 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffffc90000e37740 RCX: ffff888110085100
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90000e37840 RDI: ffffc90000e37740
RBP: ffffc90000e37648 R08: ffffc90000e3774f R09: ffffc90000e37740
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520001c6eea R12: ffffc90000e37740
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000030 R15: fffff520001c6ee4
FS:  0000555581bc33c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000464430 CR3: 0000000122169000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	38 ff                	cmp    %bh,%bh
   2:	4c 8d 73 08          	lea    0x8(%rbx),%r14
   6:	4c 89 f0             	mov    %r14,%rax
   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 b7 db 7d ff       	call   0xff7ddbd3
  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 9a db 7d ff       	call   0xff7ddbd3
  39:	4d 8b 36             	mov    (%r14),%r14
  3c:	49 83 c6 0c          	add    $0xc,%r14

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/23 08:43 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/07/22 10:28 android14-6.1 de932537be34 1555463b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/03/22 10:35 android14-6.1 5145d157731f c6512ef7 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/03/26 18:22 android14-6.1 8790a94475c9 bcd9b39f .config strace log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2026/08/23 07:57 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/09/15 19:48 android14-6.1 876f660de856 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2025/08/21 06:40 android14-6.1 26fad7be44e2 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/06/03 19:46 android14-6.1 997e6b3f6a21 0aba2352 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/04/22 06:26 android14-6.1 dcb09569bbff af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
2024/04/09 21:41 android14-6.1 5dc2bc296647 171ec371 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.