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KASAN: use-after-free Read in snd_usbmidi_error_timer

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/12/11 18:28
Reported-by: syzbot+cecb8ef5804e559b2b52@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d10h, last: 5d10h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in snd_usbmidi_error_timer sound 19 4 207d 223d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/21 21:22
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in snd_usbmidi_error_timer (2) sound 19 12 79d 83d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in snd_usbmidi_error_timer+0x5fe/0x660 sound/usb/midi.c:352
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880236b1943 by task syz.3.22/4401

CPU: 1 PID: 4401 Comm: syz.3.22 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x60/0x2d0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:434 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:451
 snd_usbmidi_error_timer+0x5fe/0x660 sound/usb/midi.c:352
 call_timer_fn+0x16c/0x530 kernel/time/timer.c:1451
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1496 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x525/0x7c0 kernel/time/timer.c:1767
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1780
 handle_softirqs+0x328/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x12f/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:xa_entry include/linux/xarray.h:1197 [inline]
RIP: 0010:xas_descend+0xc5/0x3b0 lib/xarray.c:204
Code: 0c 24 4c 8d 74 c1 28 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 d9 b3 bc fd 4d 8b 36 e8 21 6c a2 05 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 <e8> 86 4e 78 fd 85 ed 74 27 49 83 c5 18 4c 89 ef be ff ff ff ff e8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003a0f450 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 1ffff92000741ea8 RCX: ffff88802add9dc0
RDX: ffffc90004485000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff5419
R10: fffffbfff1ff5419 R11: 1ffffffff1ff5418 R12: ffffc90003a0f540
R13: ffff888024f8aee0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000000007e2
 xas_load+0xba/0x140 lib/xarray.c:240
 mapping_get_entry mm/filemap.c:1826 [inline]
 pagecache_get_page+0x19d/0xef0 mm/filemap.c:1894
 shmem_getpage_gfp+0x305/0x2d40 mm/shmem.c:1841
 shmem_fault+0x1a9/0x520 mm/shmem.c:2118
 __do_fault+0x141/0x330 mm/memory.c:3928
 do_read_fault mm/memory.c:4264 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4392 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x2946/0x43b0 mm/memory.c:4883
 faultin_page mm/gup.c:976 [inline]
 __get_user_pages+0x93e/0x11c0 mm/gup.c:1197
 populate_vma_page_range+0x213/0x290 mm/gup.c:1529
 __mm_populate+0x26f/0x3a0 mm/gup.c:1638
 mm_populate include/linux/mm.h:2646 [inline]
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x203/0x2b0 mm/util.c:556
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x140/0x780 mm/mmap.c:1635
 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: 0033:0x7f52d40b1749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f52d2318038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f52d4307fa0 RCX: 00007f52d40b1749
RDX: b635773f06ebbeee RSI: 0000000000b36000 RDI: 0000200000000000
RBP: 00007f52d4135f91 R08: ffffffffffffffff R09: 0000000032cc0000
R10: 0000000000008031 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f52d4308038 R14: 00007f52d4307fa0 R15: 00007fff08522378
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 4250:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:513 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xb5/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:522
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 snd_usbmidi_in_endpoint_create+0x7e/0xa20 sound/usb/midi.c:1342
 snd_usbmidi_create_endpoints sound/usb/midi.c:1937 [inline]
 __snd_usbmidi_create+0x16f8/0x2f90 sound/usb/midi.c:2659
 snd_usb_create_quirk sound/usb/quirks.c:577 [inline]
 create_composite_quirk+0x1ec/0x4e0 sound/usb/quirks.c:48
 usb_audio_probe+0xb72/0x1d50 sound/usb/card.c:885
 usb_probe_interface+0x5a0/0xaf0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x29b/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_set_configuration+0x1991/0x1fd0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2165
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x89/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x139/0x270 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x29b/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_new_device+0xd53/0x1640 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2632
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5497 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2dd9/0x5560 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x863/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa8/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

Freed by task 4250:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 snd_usbmidi_free sound/usb/midi.c:1530 [inline]
 snd_usbmidi_rawmidi_free+0xaa/0x150 sound/usb/midi.c:1590
 snd_rawmidi_free+0x3b7/0x3e0 sound/core/rawmidi.c:1844
 snd_rawmidi_dev_free+0x34/0x40 sound/core/rawmidi.c:1853
 __snd_device_free+0x1cd/0x2e0 sound/core/device.c:76
 snd_device_free_all+0xcb/0x180 sound/core/device.c:233
 snd_card_do_free sound/core/init.c:588 [inline]
 release_card_device+0x6d/0x1f0 sound/core/init.c:145
 device_release+0x92/0x1c0 drivers/base/core.c:-1
 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:713 [inline]
 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:744 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 kobject_put+0x21d/0x460 lib/kobject.c:761
 snd_card_free_when_closed sound/core/init.c:620 [inline]
 snd_card_free+0x123/0x190 sound/core/init.c:653
 usb_audio_probe+0x187f/0x1d50 sound/usb/card.c:939
 usb_probe_interface+0x5a0/0xaf0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x29b/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_set_configuration+0x1991/0x1fd0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2165
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x89/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x139/0x270 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x29b/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_new_device+0xd53/0x1640 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2632
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5497 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2dd9/0x5560 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x863/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa8/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880236b1800
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 323 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff8880236b1800, ffff8880236b1a00)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00008dac00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff8880236b3000 pfn:0x236b0
head:ffffea00008dac00 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000010200 ffffea00017e0908 ffffea00017e1708 ffff888016841c80
raw: ffff8880236b3000 000000000010000d 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1315, ts 9252717807, free_ts 0
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2426 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x1b77/0x1c60 mm/page_alloc.c:4192
 __alloc_pages+0x1e1/0x470 mm/page_alloc.c:5487
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1780 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1917 [inline]
 new_slab+0xc0/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:1980
 ___slab_alloc+0x81e/0xdf0 mm/slub.c:3013
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3100 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1a5/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:3250
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 alloc_bprm+0x56/0x6a0 fs/exec.c:1516
 kernel_execve+0x49/0x900 fs/exec.c:1978
 call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x207/0x350 kernel/umh.c:112
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff8880236b1800: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff8880236b1880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff8880236b1900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                           ^
 ffff8880236b1980: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff8880236b1a00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	0c 24                	or     $0x24,%al
   2:	4c 8d 74 c1 28       	lea    0x28(%rcx,%rax,8),%r14
   7:	4c 89 f0             	mov    %r14,%rax
   a:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
   e:	80 3c 28 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%rbp,1)
  12:	74 08                	je     0x1c
  14:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  17:	e8 d9 b3 bc fd       	call   0xfdbcb3f5
  1c:	4d 8b 36             	mov    (%r14),%r14
  1f:	e8 21 6c a2 05       	call   0x5a26c45
  24:	89 c5                	mov    %eax,%ebp
  26:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
  28:	89 c6                	mov    %eax,%esi
* 2a:	e8 86 4e 78 fd       	call   0xfd784eb5 <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	85 ed                	test   %ebp,%ebp
  31:	74 27                	je     0x5a
  33:	49 83 c5 18          	add    $0x18,%r13
  37:	4c 89 ef             	mov    %r13,%rdi
  3a:	be ff ff ff ff       	mov    $0xffffffff,%esi
  3f:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/11 18:28 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in snd_usbmidi_error_timer
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.