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KASAN: use-after-free Read in seq_printf

Status: premoderation: reported on 2025/06/08 22:35
Reported-by: syzbot+ee2ae69099aa204983a2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 56d, last: 44d
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in seq_printf fs 19 5 84d 190d 0/29 moderation: reported on 2025/01/26 09:47
upstream KMSAN: uninit-value in seq_printf (2) fs 7 C 99 1145d 1412d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/30 02:43
upstream KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in __skb_datagram_iter net 9 68 677d 782d 23/29 fixed on 2023/09/28 17:51

Sample crash report:
Unknown ioctl 1074849025
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:641 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in string+0x21f/0x2b0 lib/vsprintf.c:723
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888117ab7d78 by task syz.2.5269/19624

CPU: 1 PID: 19624 Comm: syz.2.5269 Tainted: G        W         5.10.238-syzkaller-00282-gd76d4cd0623a #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:77
 dump_stack_lvl+0x169/0x1d8 lib/dump_stack.c:118
 print_address_description+0x7f/0x2c0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:435 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xe2/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:452
 __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:306
 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:641 [inline]
 string+0x21f/0x2b0 lib/vsprintf.c:723
 vsnprintf+0xf20/0x1960 lib/vsprintf.c:2689
 seq_vprintf fs/seq_file.c:398 [inline]
 seq_printf+0x175/0x260 fs/seq_file.c:413
 input_devices_seq_show+0x14b/0x650 drivers/input/input.c:1184
 seq_read_iter+0x93f/0xd30 fs/seq_file.c:272
 seq_read+0x3cc/0x4d0 fs/seq_file.c:162
 pde_read fs/proc/inode.c:321 [inline]
 proc_reg_read+0x1c4/0x2b0 fs/proc/inode.c:333
 vfs_read+0x1fe/0xa10 fs/read_write.c:494
 ksys_read+0x140/0x240 fs/read_write.c:634
 __do_sys_read fs/read_write.c:644 [inline]
 __se_sys_read fs/read_write.c:642 [inline]
 __x64_sys_read+0x7b/0x90 fs/read_write.c:642
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7f524ecd5929
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:00007f524d33e038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f524eefcfa0 RCX: 00007f524ecd5929
RDX: 0000000000002020 RSI: 00002000000007c0 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f524ed57b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f524eefcfa0 R15: 00007ffeb1c3aab8

Allocated by task 322:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:430 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:509 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:518
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x184/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:2974
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:552 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:664 [inline]
 xpad_probe+0x3f9/0x1a30 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:1777
 usb_probe_interface+0x5ff/0xae0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:397
 really_probe+0x3d8/0xa90 drivers/base/dd.c:562
 driver_probe_device+0xe7/0x190 drivers/base/dd.c:752
 __device_attach_driver+0x282/0x3f0 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:433
 __device_attach+0x29a/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:932
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:981
 bus_probe_device+0xc0/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:493
 device_add+0x8b4/0xbf0 drivers/base/core.c:3273
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a47/0x1f80 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2160
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x91/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x148/0x260 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:294
 really_probe+0x3d8/0xa90 drivers/base/dd.c:562
 driver_probe_device+0xe7/0x190 drivers/base/dd.c:752
 __device_attach_driver+0x282/0x3f0 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 bus_for_each_drv+0x175/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:433
 __device_attach+0x29a/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:932
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:981
 bus_probe_device+0xc0/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:493
 device_add+0x8b4/0xbf0 drivers/base/core.c:3273
 usb_new_device+0xcd1/0x1450 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2626
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5469 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5609 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5759 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2679/0x4120 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5841
 process_one_work+0x6e1/0xba0 kernel/workqueue.c:2301
 worker_thread+0xa6a/0x13b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2447
 kthread+0x346/0x3d0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298

Freed by task 18934:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4a/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_free_info+0x23/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:370
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x125/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:362
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:370
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:220 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1595 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc5/0x190 mm/slub.c:1621
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3203 [inline]
 kfree+0xc0/0x270 mm/slub.c:4191
 skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:606 [inline]
 skb_release_data+0x532/0x670 net/core/skbuff.c:626
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:680 [inline]
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:694 [inline]
 kfree_skb+0xb9/0x2f0 net/core/skbuff.c:713
 unix_release_sock+0x82c/0xad0 net/unix/af_unix.c:563
 unix_release+0x4e/0x80 net/unix/af_unix.c:869
 __sock_release net/socket.c:597 [inline]
 sock_close+0xe0/0x270 net/socket.c:1286
 __fput+0x2fb/0x770 fs/file_table.c:281
 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:314
 task_work_run+0x127/0x190 kernel/task_work.c:189
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:33 [inline]
 do_exit+0xa27/0x2470 kernel/exit.c:863
 do_group_exit+0x141/0x310 kernel/exit.c:985
 get_signal+0xf7d/0x12e0 kernel/signal.c:2793
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbf/0x10f0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:805
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:145 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0xe0 kernel/entry/common.c:169
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare kernel/entry/common.c:199 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x68/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:274
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:56
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xd2/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:358
 insert_work+0x52/0x310 kernel/workqueue.c:1352
 __queue_work+0x923/0xca0 kernel/workqueue.c:1518
 queue_work_on+0xd5/0x130 kernel/workqueue.c:1545
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:515 [inline]
 schedule_work include/linux/workqueue.h:576 [inline]
 xpad360w_process_packet drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:846 [inline]
 xpad_irq_in+0xd07/0x1a80 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:984
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x333/0x4f0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1674
 usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x119/0x410 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1748
 dummy_timer+0x804/0x2c30 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1974
 call_timer_fn+0x38/0x290 kernel/time/timer.c:1450
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1495 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x639/0x9a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1789
 run_timer_softirq+0x6a/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1802
 __do_softirq+0x255/0x563 kernel/softirq.c:309

Second to last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xd2/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:358
 insert_work+0x52/0x310 kernel/workqueue.c:1352
 __queue_work+0x923/0xca0 kernel/workqueue.c:1518
 queue_work_on+0xd5/0x130 kernel/workqueue.c:1545
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:515 [inline]
 schedule_work include/linux/workqueue.h:576 [inline]
 xpad360w_process_packet drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:846 [inline]
 xpad_irq_in+0xd07/0x1a80 drivers/input/joystick/xpad.c:984
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x333/0x4f0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1674
 usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x119/0x410 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1748
 dummy_timer+0x804/0x2c30 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1974
 call_timer_fn+0x38/0x290 kernel/time/timer.c:1450
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1495 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x639/0x9a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1789
 run_timer_softirq+0x6a/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1802
 __do_softirq+0x255/0x563 kernel/softirq.c:309

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888117ab7c00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 376 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff888117ab7c00, ffff888117ab7e00)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00045ead00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x117ab4
head:ffffea00045ead00 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head)
raw: 4000000000010200 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888100043080
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 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 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 14181, ts 658601977033, free_ts 658551862597
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook mm/page_alloc.c:2456 [inline]
 prep_new_page+0x179/0x180 mm/page_alloc.c:2462
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2235/0x23d0 mm/page_alloc.c:4254
 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x268/0x5f0 mm/page_alloc.c:5357
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:-1 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1808 [inline]
 new_slab+0x84/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:1869
 new_slab_objects mm/slub.c:2627 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x2a6/0x450 mm/slub.c:2791
 __slab_alloc+0x63/0xa0 mm/slub.c:2831
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2913 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2955 [inline]
 __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1ef/0x320 mm/slub.c:4536
 __kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:144 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0xdc/0x520 net/core/skbuff.c:212
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]
 nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:953 [inline]
 netlink_ack+0x3a6/0xb80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2420
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x265/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2491
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5628
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1307 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x87c/0xa40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1333
 netlink_sendmsg+0x88d/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x41d/0x580 net/socket.c:2006
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2018 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2014 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe5/0x100 net/socket.c:2014
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:28 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1349 [inline]
 __free_pages_ok+0x7fc/0x820 mm/page_alloc.c:1629
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:5418 [inline]
 __free_pages+0xdd/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5427
 __free_slab+0xcf/0x190 mm/slub.c:1894
 free_slab mm/slub.c:1909 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:1915 [inline]
 unfreeze_partials+0x15f/0x190 mm/slub.c:2410
 put_cpu_partial+0xc1/0x180 mm/slub.c:2446
 __slab_free+0x2c9/0x3a0 mm/slub.c:3095
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0x111/0x130 mm/slub.c:3210
 qlink_free+0x50/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:157
 qlist_free_all+0x5f/0xb0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x14a/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:440
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:244 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x5d/0x2f0 mm/slab.h:583
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2947 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2955 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x165/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:2960
 kmem_cache_alloc_node include/linux/slab.h:423 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x9e/0x520 net/core/skbuff.c:200
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xa2/0x560 net/core/skbuff.c:5993
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x853/0x980 net/core/sock.c:2388

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888117ab7c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888117ab7c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888117ab7d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                                ^
 ffff888117ab7d80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888117ab7e00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/20 08:51 android13-5.10-lts d76d4cd0623a ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in seq_printf
2025/06/08 22:34 android13-5.10-lts d76d4cd0623a 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in seq_printf
2025/06/20 11:22 android13-5.10-lts d76d4cd0623a ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in seq_printf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.