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general protection fault in rtnl_create_link

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/14 02:14
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+de1c7d68a10e3f123bdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 4798cfa2097f net: don't try to ops lock uninitialized devs
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 15d, last: 2d03h
Cause bisection: introduced by (bisect log) :
commit 04efcee6ef8d0f01eef495db047e7216d6e6e38f
Author: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Date: Fri Apr 4 16:11:22 2025 +0000

  net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE

Crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in rtnl_create_link (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH net] net: don't try to ops lock uninitialized devs 4 (4) 2025/04/17 01:40
[syzbot] [net?] general protection fault in rtnl_create_link 5 (7) 2025/04/14 18:23
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/04/14 02:31 23m kuniyu@amazon.com patch net report log

Sample crash report:
netlink: 4 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz-executor402'.
netlink: 'syz-executor402': attribute type 15 has an invalid length.
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000055: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000002a8-0x00000000000002af]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5841 Comm: syz-executor402 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-13348-geaa517b77e63 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]
RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rtnl_create_link+0x6af/0xea0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3680
Code: 24 20 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 4a 3a 3b f8 4c 89 64 24 28 bd a8 02 00 00 48 89 5c 24 08 48 03 2b 48 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 ef e8 22 3a 3b f8 45 31 e4 48 83 7d 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900040b6e70 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000055 RBX: ffff888035860008 RCX: ffff888030a01e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00000000000002a8 R08: ffffffff89f245f9 R09: 1ffff92000816dfa
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000816dfb R12: ffff8880212e0080
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888035860000
FS:  000055556170f380(0000) GS:ffff888124f96000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000045ad50 CR3: 000000007c1d2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rtnl_newlink_create+0x2f2/0xcb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3826
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3953 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x18b0/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4068
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80f/0xd70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x480 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x9a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8c3/0xcd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x523/0x860 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2620 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x360 net/socket.c:2652
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff3d9feac39
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 c1 17 00 00 90 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:00007ffe861803d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007ff3d9feac39
RDX: 0000000004000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000200000000110 R14: 0000200000000088 R15: 0000000000000001
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]
RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rtnl_create_link+0x6af/0xea0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3680
Code: 24 20 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 4a 3a 3b f8 4c 89 64 24 28 bd a8 02 00 00 48 89 5c 24 08 48 03 2b 48 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 ef e8 22 3a 3b f8 45 31 e4 48 83 7d 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900040b6e70 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000055 RBX: ffff888035860008 RCX: ffff888030a01e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00000000000002a8 R08: ffffffff89f245f9 R09: 1ffff92000816dfa
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000816dfb R12: ffff8880212e0080
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888035860000
FS:  000055556170f380(0000) GS:ffff888125096000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000000140 CR3: 000000007c1d2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	24 20                	and    $0x20,%al
   2:	42 80 3c 28 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r13,1)
   7:	74 08                	je     0x11
   9:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
   c:	e8 4a 3a 3b f8       	call   0xf83b3a5b
  11:	4c 89 64 24 28       	mov    %r12,0x28(%rsp)
  16:	bd a8 02 00 00       	mov    $0x2a8,%ebp
  1b:	48 89 5c 24 08       	mov    %rbx,0x8(%rsp)
  20:	48 03 2b             	add    (%rbx),%rbp
  23:	48 89 e8             	mov    %rbp,%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:	48 89 ef             	mov    %rbp,%rdi
  34:	e8 22 3a 3b f8       	call   0xf83b3a5b
  39:	45 31 e4             	xor    %r12d,%r12d
  3c:	48                   	rex.W
  3d:	83                   	.byte 0x83
  3e:	7d 00                	jge    0x40

Crashes (49):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/04/10 17:47 net eaa517b77e63 988b336c .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 01:31 upstream c62f4b82d571 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 01:31 upstream c62f4b82d571 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 21:43 upstream c62f4b82d571 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 04:30 upstream ecd5d67ad602 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 04:30 upstream ecd5d67ad602 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 10:35 upstream 3bde70a2c827 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 10:35 upstream 3bde70a2c827 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 01:46 upstream c62f4b82d571 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 01:46 upstream c62f4b82d571 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 04:30 upstream 1a1d569a75f3 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 04:28 upstream 1a1d569a75f3 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 19:31 upstream 834a4a689699 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 19:31 upstream 834a4a689699 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 03:38 upstream 834a4a689699 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 03:38 upstream 834a4a689699 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 18:50 upstream 7cdabafc0012 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 18:49 upstream 7cdabafc0012 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 12:27 upstream 3bde70a2c827 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 12:27 upstream 3bde70a2c827 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 01:09 upstream 900241a5cc15 12ba9c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 01:09 upstream 900241a5cc15 12ba9c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 15:36 net adf6b730fc8d 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 09:14 net 88fa80021b77 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 06:39 net 88fa80021b77 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 03:50 net 88fa80021b77 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/14 00:54 net 8c941f14a694 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/10 21:25 net eaa517b77e63 1bc60a19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/10 14:23 net 29d261466fa6 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 15:01 net-next 4e34a840613b 2a6ededb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/17 06:08 net-next 4e34a840613b 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 16:47 net-next ac1df712442c 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/16 16:47 net-next ac1df712442c 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 14:06 net-next 0f2be57686c7 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 14:06 net-next 0f2be57686c7 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 06:12 net-next 23f09f01b495 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/15 06:12 net-next 23f09f01b495 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/14 13:56 net-next b65999e7238e 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/14 13:56 net-next b65999e7238e 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 03:21 net-next 6a325aed130b 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/13 03:21 net-next 6a325aed130b 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 06:53 net-next faeefc173be4 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/12 06:53 net-next faeefc173be4 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce general protection fault in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/24 04:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c72692105976 9882047a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in rtnl_create_link
2025/04/22 18:54 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c72692105976 53a8b9bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in rtnl_create_link
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.