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

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/25 01:42
Reported-by: syzbot+ed23eef9ae764b5860ad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 263d, last: 37d
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state bluetooth 19 syz error error 135 703d 845d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/20 03:25
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state 19 8 731d 841d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/21 18:26

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_dst_drop include/net/dst.h:281 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_release_head_state+0x3b/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:1037
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807b15e558 by task syz.0.8962/25659

CPU: 1 PID: 25659 Comm: syz.0.8962 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:364 [inline]
 print_report+0xa8/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:468
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:581
 skb_dst_drop include/net/dst.h:281 [inline]
 skb_release_head_state+0x3b/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:1037
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1052 [inline]
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1068 [inline]
 kfree_skb_reason+0xd7/0x170 net/core/skbuff.c:1104
 kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1264 [inline]
 __hci_req_sync+0x67e/0x960 net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:184
 hci_req_sync+0xa2/0xc0 net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:206
 hci_inquiry+0x38e/0x600 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:394
 sock_do_ioctl+0xfc/0x310 net/socket.c:1220
 sock_ioctl+0x5be/0x7e0 net/socket.c:1341
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f8e1dd9de59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f8e1ebea028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8e1e025fa0 RCX: 00007f8e1dd9de59
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00000000800448f0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8e1de33e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8e1e026038 R14: 00007f8e1e025fa0 R15: 00007ffec95b7b08
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 51:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:329
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6a/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x17e/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:3519
 skb_clone+0x1eb/0x370 net/core/skbuff.c:1912
 hci_send_cmd_sync net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4067 [inline]
 hci_cmd_work+0x25d/0x620 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4087
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293

Freed by task 5778:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x290 mm/slub.c:3852
 kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1264 [inline]
 hci_send_cmd_sync net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4066 [inline]
 hci_cmd_work+0x230/0x620 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4087
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88807b15e500
 which belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 240
The buggy address is located 88 bytes inside of
 freed 240-byte region [ffff88807b15e500, ffff88807b15e5f0)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea0001ec5780 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x7b15e
flags: 0xfff00000000800(slab|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: 0xffffffff()
raw: 00fff00000000800 ffff88801da4e000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 00000000000c000c 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x132820(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_MEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 5859, tgid 5859 (syz-executor), ts 91952961702, free_ts 91897013083
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:31 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1c1/0x200 mm/page_alloc.c:1582
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1589 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2181/0x22a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3221
 __alloc_pages+0x1f0/0x460 mm/page_alloc.c:4501
 alloc_slab_page+0x5d/0x180 mm/slub.c:1881
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2028 [inline]
 new_slab+0x87/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:2081
 ___slab_alloc+0xc5c/0x12f0 mm/slub.c:3253
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3339 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3392 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3485 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x12e/0x310 mm/slub.c:3540
 __alloc_skb+0x103/0x2c0 net/core/skbuff.c:643
 __netdev_alloc_skb+0x10c/0x500 net/core/skbuff.c:717
 netdev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3304 [inline]
 dev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3317 [inline]
 __ieee80211_beacon_get+0xd5d/0x1520 net/mac80211/tx.c:5449
 ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0xbf/0x580 net/mac80211/tx.c:5571
 ieee80211_beacon_get include/net/mac80211.h:5440 [inline]
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon_tx+0x3bd/0x770 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:2265
 __iterate_interfaces+0x225/0x4c0 net/mac80211/util.c:766
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0xdb/0x180 net/mac80211/util.c:802
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xbb/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:2295
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1754 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x525/0xc10 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1818
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1182 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7d7/0x8f0 mm/page_alloc.c:2366
 free_unref_page+0x32/0x2e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2459
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2127 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1cf/0x210 mm/slub.c:2667
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2743
 __slab_free+0x319/0x400 mm/slub.c:3700
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x75/0xd0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:306
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6a/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x17e/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:3519
 getname_flags+0xbb/0x500 fs/namei.c:140
 vfs_fstatat+0x111/0x1b0 fs/stat.c:298
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:463 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:457 [inline]
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x149/0x1f0 fs/stat.c:457
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88807b15e400: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88807b15e480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88807b15e500: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                    ^
 ffff88807b15e580: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc
 ffff88807b15e600: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (7):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/08 21:47 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2026/06/12 16:25 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2026/03/26 11:35 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2026/03/26 11:34 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2026/02/06 17:42 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2026/02/04 14:03 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
2025/11/25 01:41 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in skb_release_head_state
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.