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KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/08/22 21:30
Subsystems: f2fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+d8952a06f6ff9515de4f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d19h, last: 3d05h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io f2fs 19 1 1110d 1103d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/12/06 18:50
android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io 19 1 503d 503d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/06 04:33

Sample crash report:
F2FS-fs (loop0): inject read IO error in f2fs_read_end_io of blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
F2FS-fs (loop0): inject write IO error in f2fs_write_end_io of blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1041 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: loop0 loop_workfn
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x37c/0x540 fs/f2fs/super.c:4542
 f2fs_write_end_io+0x886/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:351
 blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
 blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1151
 lo_rw_aio_complete drivers/block/loop.c:327 [inline]
 lo_rw_aio+0xd75/0xfa0 drivers/block/loop.c:401
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:-1 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1910 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x835/0xf90 drivers/block/loop.c:1945
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
F2FS-fs (loop0): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 3
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1041 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: loop0 loop_workfn
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x37c/0x540 fs/f2fs/super.c:4542
 f2fs_write_end_io+0x886/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:351
 blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
 blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1151
 lo_rw_aio_complete drivers/block/loop.c:327 [inline]
 lo_rw_aio+0xd75/0xfa0 drivers/block/loop.c:401
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:-1 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1910 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x835/0xf90 drivers/block/loop.c:1945
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
F2FS-fs (loop0): Stopped filesystem due to reason: 3
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in get_pages fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2641 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in f2fs_write_end_io+0x9b9/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:364
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803321d078 by task kworker/u4:6/1041

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1041 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: loop0 loop_workfn
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x2b0/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]
 atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
 get_pages fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2641 [inline]
 f2fs_write_end_io+0x9b9/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:364
 blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
 blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1151
 lo_rw_aio_complete drivers/block/loop.c:327 [inline]
 lo_rw_aio+0xd75/0xfa0 drivers/block/loop.c:401
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:-1 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1910 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x835/0xf90 drivers/block/loop.c:1945
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 5354:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4396
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
 f2fs_fill_super+0x5a16/0x6ff0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4792
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1692
 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1815
 do_new_mount+0x2a2/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3808
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4324
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 5354:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:243 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5b/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:275
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2417 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4680 [inline]
 kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4879
 f2fs_fill_super+0x5990/0x6ff0 fs/f2fs/super.c:5276
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1692
 vfs_get_tree+0x92/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1815
 do_new_mount+0x2a2/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3808
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4324
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3e/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbd/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:548
 insert_work+0x3d/0x330 kernel/workqueue.c:2184
 __queue_work+0xcd2/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2339
 queue_work_on+0x181/0x270 kernel/workqueue.c:2390
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:669 [inline]
 schedule_work include/linux/workqueue.h:730 [inline]
 f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x255/0x540 fs/f2fs/super.c:4525
 f2fs_write_end_io+0x886/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:351
 blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
 blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1151
 lo_rw_aio_complete drivers/block/loop.c:327 [inline]
 lo_rw_aio+0xd75/0xfa0 drivers/block/loop.c:401
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:-1 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1910 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x835/0xf90 drivers/block/loop.c:1945
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Second to last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3e/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbd/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:548
 insert_work+0x3d/0x330 kernel/workqueue.c:2184
 __queue_work+0xcd2/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2339
 queue_work_on+0x181/0x270 kernel/workqueue.c:2390
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:669 [inline]
 schedule_work include/linux/workqueue.h:730 [inline]
 f2fs_handle_critical_error+0x255/0x540 fs/f2fs/super.c:4525
 f2fs_write_end_io+0x886/0xb60 fs/f2fs/data.c:351
 blk_update_request+0x57e/0xe60 block/blk-mq.c:989
 blk_mq_end_request+0x3e/0x70 block/blk-mq.c:1151
 lo_rw_aio_complete drivers/block/loop.c:327 [inline]
 lo_rw_aio+0xd75/0xfa0 drivers/block/loop.c:401
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:-1 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1910 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x835/0xf90 drivers/block/loop.c:1945
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88803321c000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8k of size 8192
The buggy address is located 4216 bytes inside of
 freed 8192-byte region [ffff88803321c000, ffff88803321e000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x33218
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x4fff00000000040(head|node=1|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 04fff00000000040 ffff88801a442280 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000020002 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 04fff00000000040 ffff88801a442280 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000020002 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 04fff00000000003 ffffea0000cc8601 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 11356019872, free_ts 11325379090
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1851
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1859 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3858
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:5148
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2489 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x65/0x370 mm/slub.c:2655
 new_slab mm/slub.c:2709 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0xbeb/0x1410 mm/slub.c:3891
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3981 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4056 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4217 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4364 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x2f8/0x4e0 mm/slub.c:4384
 alloc_dr drivers/base/devres.c:119 [inline]
 devm_kmalloc+0x7f/0x300 drivers/base/devres.c:864
 nd_pfn_probe+0x272/0x460 drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c:648
 nd_pmem_probe+0xbe/0x160 drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c:630
 nvdimm_bus_probe+0x144/0x490 drivers/nvdimm/bus.c:94
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26a/0x9e0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x2f0 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __driver_attach+0x452/0x700 drivers/base/dd.c:1217
 bus_for_each_dev+0x230/0x2b0 drivers/base/bus.c:370
 bus_add_driver+0x345/0x640 drivers/base/bus.c:678
page last free pid 1 tgid 1 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1395 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xbc4/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2895
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2753 [inline]
 __put_partials+0x156/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:3218
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:3293
 __slab_free+0x2d5/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:4550
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x140 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:340
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:250 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4180 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4229 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1be/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4391
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]
 bus_add_driver+0x162/0x640 drivers/base/bus.c:662
 driver_register+0x23a/0x320 drivers/base/driver.c:249
 usb_register_driver+0x1e4/0x390 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:1078
 do_one_initcall+0x233/0x820 init/main.c:1269
 do_initcall_level+0x104/0x190 init/main.c:1331
 do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1347
 kernel_init_freeable+0x334/0x4b0 init/main.c:1579
 kernel_init+0x1d/0x1d0 init/main.c:1469

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88803321cf00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88803321cf80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88803321d000: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                                ^
 ffff88803321d080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88803321d100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/20 10:59 upstream b19a97d57c15 79512909 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io
2025/08/18 21:19 upstream be48bcf004f9 52052143 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in f2fs_write_end_io
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.