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KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/05/16 14:07
Subsystems: kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+eefe88a6b322a984da6a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d20h, last: 3d00h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node kernfs 19 1 160d 156d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/18 05:27
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node 19 1 297d 297d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/01 08:19

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [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 kernfs_get fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kernfs_new_node+0x120/0x210 fs/kernfs/dir.c:751
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888078525a50 by task kworker/0:7/5725

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5725 Comm: kworker/0:7 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description+0x55/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:378
 print_report+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]
 atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
 kernfs_get fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 [inline]
 kernfs_new_node+0x120/0x210 fs/kernfs/dir.c:751
 kernfs_create_dir_ns+0x44/0x130 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1121
 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x62b/0xd00 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_add+0x163/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426
 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3234 [inline]
 get_device_parent+0x316/0x3a0 drivers/base/core.c:3285
 device_add+0x2e1/0xbb0 drivers/base/core.c:3615
 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline]
 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline]
 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2e4/0xa30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
 _request_firmware+0x1052/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware_work_func+0xaf/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1150
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb5d/0x1860 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 25955:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4569 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4898 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x650 mm/slub.c:4905
 __kernfs_new_node+0xea/0x970 fs/kernfs/dir.c:664
 kernfs_new_node+0x102/0x210 fs/kernfs/dir.c:748
 kernfs_create_dir_ns+0x44/0x130 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1121
 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x62b/0xd00 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_add+0x163/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426
 device_add+0x408/0xbb0 drivers/base/core.c:3629
 usb_new_device+0xa08/0x16f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2a1c/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb5d/0x1860 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 15:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2689 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6250 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x182/0x650 mm/slub.c:6377
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x7cd/0x1070 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869
 handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x840 kernel/softirq.c:622
 run_ksoftirqd+0x36/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1076
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x541/0xa50 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3e/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbd/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:556
 __call_rcu_common kernel/rcu/tree.c:3131 [inline]
 call_rcu+0xee/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3251
 kernfs_put+0x259/0x520 fs/kernfs/dir.c:618
 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:841
 __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
 lookup_fast+0x3cb/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:1881
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2274 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x720/0x18d0 fs/namei.c:2652
 path_openat+0x2c3/0x3860 fs/namei.c:4854
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1370 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1381
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888078525a50
 which belongs to the cache kernfs_node_cache of size 176
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
 freed 176-byte region [ffff888078525a50, ffff888078525b00)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x78525
flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000000 ffff888140413b40 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800110011 00000000f5000000 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 0xd2cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 5892, tgid 5889 (syz.3.55), ts 105755077984, free_ts 105438971984
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x231/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:1858
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1866 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24ba/0x2540 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5226
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3278 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x77/0x660 mm/slub.c:3467
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3525 [inline]
 refill_objects+0x339/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:7255
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2816 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x321/0x720 mm/slub.c:4651
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4749 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4883 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x37d/0x650 mm/slub.c:4905
 __kernfs_new_node+0xea/0x970 fs/kernfs/dir.c:664
 kernfs_new_node+0x102/0x210 fs/kernfs/dir.c:748
 __kernfs_create_file+0x4b/0x2e0 fs/kernfs/file.c:1057
 sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x238/0x300 fs/sysfs/file.c:313
 create_files fs/sysfs/group.c:82 [inline]
 internal_create_group+0x673/0x1180 fs/sysfs/group.c:189
 internal_create_groups fs/sysfs/group.c:229 [inline]
 sysfs_create_groups+0x59/0x120 fs/sysfs/group.c:255
 device_add_groups drivers/base/core.c:2837 [inline]
 device_add_attrs+0x1bf/0x5b0 drivers/base/core.c:2912
 device_add+0x496/0xbb0 drivers/base/core.c:3645
 netdev_register_kobject+0x178/0x310 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2343
page last free pid 5634 tgid 5634 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1402 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xbc7/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2943
 __slab_free+0x274/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:5612
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x99/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4569 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4898 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5294 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x316/0x760 mm/slub.c:5307
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 tomoyo_encode2 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:45 [inline]
 tomoyo_encode+0x28b/0x550 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:80
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0x58d/0x5d0 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:283
 tomoyo_get_realpath security/tomoyo/file.c:151 [inline]
 tomoyo_check_open_permission+0x229/0x470 security/tomoyo/file.c:776
 security_file_open+0xa9/0x240 security/security.c:2739
 do_dentry_open+0x384/0x14e0 fs/open.c:924
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x340 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e08/0x3860 fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1370 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1381

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888078525900: fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc 00 00 00 00
 ffff888078525980: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffff888078525a00: 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb
                                                 ^
 ffff888078525a80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888078525b00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
==================================================================

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/12 14:04 upstream 50897c955902 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node
2026/05/14 10:11 linux-next e98d21c170b0 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node
2026/05/14 05:49 linux-next e98d21c170b0 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_new_node
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.