KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/27 08:05
Reported-by: syzbot+ffcc0d800d51e8a67bb1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 831d, last: 763d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works (2) origin:downstream 19 syz, C error 7 391d 931d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/23 20:13
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works (3) 19 2 242d 260d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/02 08:19
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works 19 1 1258d 1258d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/21 05:23
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works (2) 19 1 401d 401d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/24 09:48

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888113010cf0 by task kworker/1:2/293

CPU: 1 PID: 293 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 6.1.78-syzkaller-00049-gc2dad37627f9 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024
Workqueue:  0x0 (events)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x151/0x1b7 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:316 [inline]
 print_report+0x158/0x4e0 mm/kasan/report.c:427
 kasan_report+0x13c/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:531
 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:351
 __list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:134 [inline]
 list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:229 [inline]
 move_linked_works+0x7c/0x260 kernel/workqueue.c:1099
 process_one_work+0x30a/0xcb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2224
 worker_thread+0xa60/0x1260 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
 kthread+0x26d/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 24:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:379 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x9c/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:388
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:212 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:957 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node+0xb4/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:964
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:579 [inline]
 kvmalloc_node+0x221/0x640 mm/util.c:592
 kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:706 [inline]
 kvzalloc include/linux/slab.h:714 [inline]
 alloc_netdev_mqs+0x8c/0xf90 net/core/dev.c:10626
 alloc_etherdev_mqs+0x36/0x40 net/ethernet/eth.c:394
 usbnet_probe+0x207/0x27c0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1693
 usb_probe_interface+0x5b6/0xa90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:397
 really_probe+0x2b8/0x920 drivers/base/dd.c:639
 __driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x310 drivers/base/dd.c:808
 driver_probe_device+0x54/0x3d0 drivers/base/dd.c:838
 __device_attach_driver+0x2e3/0x490 drivers/base/dd.c:966
 bus_for_each_drv+0x183/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:427
 __device_attach+0x312/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1038
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:1087
 bus_probe_device+0xbe/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
 device_add+0xb60/0xf10 drivers/base/core.c:3664
 usb_set_configuration+0x190f/0x1e80 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2165
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8b/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x144/0x260 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:294
 really_probe+0x2b8/0x920 drivers/base/dd.c:639
 __driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x310 drivers/base/dd.c:808
 driver_probe_device+0x54/0x3d0 drivers/base/dd.c:838
 __device_attach_driver+0x2e3/0x490 drivers/base/dd.c:966
 bus_for_each_drv+0x183/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:427
 __device_attach+0x312/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1038
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:1087
 bus_probe_device+0xbe/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
 device_add+0xb60/0xf10 drivers/base/core.c:3664
 usb_new_device+0xf32/0x1810 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2622
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5525 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5825 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2db1/0x4830 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5907
 process_one_work+0x73d/0xcb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
 worker_thread+0xa60/0x1260 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
 kthread+0x26d/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306

Freed by task 24:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x131/0x180 mm/kasan/common.c:241
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:249
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:178 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1745 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook mm/slub.c:1771 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3684 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0x218/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:3697
 kfree+0x7a/0xf0 mm/slab_common.c:1009
 kvfree+0x35/0x40 mm/util.c:639
 netdev_freemem+0x3f/0x60 net/core/dev.c:10580
 netdev_release+0x7f/0xb0 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1906
 device_release+0x95/0x1c0
 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:681 [inline]
 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:712 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 kobject_put+0x178/0x260 lib/kobject.c:729
 put_device+0x1f/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3772
 free_netdev+0x393/0x480 net/core/dev.c:10773
 usbnet_disconnect+0x245/0x390 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1632
 usb_unbind_interface+0x1fa/0x8c0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:459
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:550 [inline]
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1283 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x53e/0x870 drivers/base/dd.c:1309
 device_release_driver+0x19/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:1332
 bus_remove_device+0x2fa/0x360 drivers/base/bus.c:529
 device_del+0x663/0xe90 drivers/base/core.c:3852
 usb_disable_device+0x380/0x720 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1414
 usb_disconnect+0x32a/0x890 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2285
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5364 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5825 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1ed8/0x4830 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5907
 process_one_work+0x73d/0xcb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2362 [inline]
 worker_thread+0xd71/0x1260 kernel/workqueue.c:2448
 kthread+0x26d/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb4/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:486
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:496
 insert_work+0x56/0x310 kernel/workqueue.c:1368
 __queue_work+0x9b6/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:1527
 queue_work_on+0x105/0x170 kernel/workqueue.c:1555
 usbnet_link_change+0xeb/0x100
 usbnet_probe+0x1dbe/0x27c0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1840
 usb_probe_interface+0x5b6/0xa90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:397
 really_probe+0x2b8/0x920 drivers/base/dd.c:639
 __driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x310 drivers/base/dd.c:808
 driver_probe_device+0x54/0x3d0 drivers/base/dd.c:838
 __device_attach_driver+0x2e3/0x490 drivers/base/dd.c:966
 bus_for_each_drv+0x183/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:427
 __device_attach+0x312/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1038
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:1087
 bus_probe_device+0xbe/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
 device_add+0xb60/0xf10 drivers/base/core.c:3664
 usb_set_configuration+0x190f/0x1e80 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2165
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8b/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x144/0x260 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:294
 really_probe+0x2b8/0x920 drivers/base/dd.c:639
 __driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x310 drivers/base/dd.c:808
 driver_probe_device+0x54/0x3d0 drivers/base/dd.c:838
 __device_attach_driver+0x2e3/0x490 drivers/base/dd.c:966
 bus_for_each_drv+0x183/0x200 drivers/base/bus.c:427
 __device_attach+0x312/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1038
 device_initial_probe+0x1a/0x20 drivers/base/dd.c:1087
 bus_probe_device+0xbe/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
 device_add+0xb60/0xf10 drivers/base/core.c:3664
 usb_new_device+0xf32/0x1810 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2622
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5525 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5825 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2db1/0x4830 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5907
 process_one_work+0x73d/0xcb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
 worker_thread+0xa60/0x1260 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
 kthread+0x26d/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:386
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888113010000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096
The buggy address is located 3312 bytes inside of
 4096-byte region [ffff888113010000, ffff888113011000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea00044c0400 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x113010
head:ffffea00044c0400 order:3 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=1)
raw: 4000000000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff888100043380
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000040004 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 2524, tgid 2524 (syz-executor), ts 81376864358, free_ts 81373772755
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x213/0x220 mm/page_alloc.c:2590
 prep_new_page+0x1b/0x110 mm/page_alloc.c:2597
 get_page_from_freelist+0x27ea/0x2870 mm/page_alloc.c:4425
 __alloc_pages+0x3a1/0x780 mm/page_alloc.c:5712
 alloc_slab_page+0x6c/0xf0
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1962 [inline]
 new_slab+0x90/0x3e0 mm/slub.c:2015
 ___slab_alloc+0x6f9/0xb80 mm/slub.c:3203
 __slab_alloc+0x5d/0xa0 mm/slub.c:3302
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3387 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1af/0x250 mm/slub.c:3460
 kmalloc_trace+0x2a/0xa0 mm/slab_common.c:1047
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:553 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:689 [inline]
 snmp6_alloc_dev net/ipv6/addrconf.c:356 [inline]
 ipv6_add_dev+0x5dd/0x11a0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:406
 addrconf_notify+0x6d2/0xe10 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3584
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:87 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x8c/0xf0 kernel/notifier.c:455
 call_netdevice_notifiers_info net/core/dev.c:1977 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2015 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers+0x145/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:2029
 register_netdevice+0x10cf/0x1490 net/core/dev.c:10136
 register_vlan_dev+0x280/0x5e0 net/8021q/vlan.c:179
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1498 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1572 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x83d/0x850 mm/page_alloc.c:3498
 free_unref_page+0xb2/0x5c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3594
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:798 [inline]
 __free_pages+0x61/0xf0 mm/page_alloc.c:5801
 __free_slab+0xce/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:2039
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2054 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2060 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x165/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:2609
 put_cpu_partial+0xa9/0x100 mm/slub.c:2685
 __slab_free+0x1c8/0x280 mm/slub.c:3561
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:3638 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0xc6/0xd0 mm/slub.c:3691
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:168 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0xc5/0x140 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:187
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x15a/0x180 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:294
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x24/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:310
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:202 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x53/0x2c0 mm/slab.h:768
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3421 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x191/0x250 mm/slub.c:3460
 kmalloc_trace+0x2a/0xa0 mm/slab_common.c:1047
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:553 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:689 [inline]
 ref_tracker_alloc+0x138/0x450 lib/ref_tracker.c:85
 __netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4063 [inline]
 netdev_hold include/linux/netdevice.h:4092 [inline]
 rx_queue_add_kobject net/core/net-sysfs.c:1056 [inline]
 net_rx_queue_update_kobjects+0x14d/0x4a0 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1110

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888113010b80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888113010c00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888113010c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                             ^
 ffff888113010d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888113010d80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2024/06/29 07:55 android14-6.1 c2dad37627f9 757f06b1 .config console log report info ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works
2024/04/22 20:02 android14-6.1 503add184388 36c961ad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in move_linked_works
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.