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KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/28 04:52
Bug presence: origin:lts
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Reported-by: syzbot+eb126ac82f0ef8b47c51@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 240d, last: 162d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/07 lts (merge base) 259f4977409c C [report] KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/08/07 upstream (ToT) 6e64f4580381 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd fs 12 C inconclusive done 17 310d 758d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/03 10:35
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/03/28 04:14 17m retest repro android16-6.12 OK log
2026/03/28 04:14 18m retest repro android16-6.12 OK log
2026/03/28 04:14 13m retest repro android16-6.12 OK log
2026/02/26 06:40 13m retest repro android16-6.12 OK log
2026/01/16 08:25 3m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2026/01/16 08:25 3m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2026/01/16 08:25 3m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2025/12/18 05:00 3m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2025/11/06 19:50 8m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2025/11/06 19:50 3m retest repro android16-6.12 error

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:3297 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in rwsem_read_trylock+0x7e/0x660 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:259
Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000098 by task syz.0.119/706

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 706 Comm: syz.0.119 Not tainted syzkaller #0 31062737fedd5a84b75b602a907b4d4b613e131a
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0x10c/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_report+0x3d/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:484
 kasan_report+0x163/0x1a0 mm/kasan/report.c:594
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x299/0x2a0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:37
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]
 atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:3297 [inline]
 rwsem_read_trylock+0x7e/0x660 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:259
 __down_read_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1316 [inline]
 __down_read_killable kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1340 [inline]
 down_read_killable+0x79/0xf0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1630
 mmap_read_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:204 [inline]
 do_pagemap_scan fs/proc/task_mmu.c:2999 [inline]
 do_pagemap_cmd+0x598/0xc20 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:3052
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x135/0x1b0 fs/ioctl.c:893
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7f/0xa0 fs/ioctl.c:893
 x64_sys_call+0x1878/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f820bd8eec9
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:00007f820cc1e038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f820bfe5fa0 RCX: 00007f820bd8eec9
RDX: 00002000000004c0 RSI: 00000000c0606610 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007f820be11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f820bfe6038 R14: 00007f820bfe5fa0 R15: 00007ffe304da158
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 800000011c4e2067 P4D 800000011c4e2067 PUD 0 
Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 706 Comm: syz.0.119 Tainted: G    B              syzkaller #0 31062737fedd5a84b75b602a907b4d4b613e131a
Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic64_add_return arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:79 [inline]
RIP: 0010:raw_atomic64_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2723 [inline]
RIP: 0010:raw_atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:163 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:3298 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rwsem_read_trylock+0x89/0x660 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:259
Code: b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 04 f3 f3 f3 49 89 04 1c c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 be 08 00 00 00 e8 42 eb 76 00 41 bd 00 01 00 00 4c 89 7c 24 18 <f0> 4d 0f c1 2f 49 81 c5 00 01 00 00 4d 89 f7 49 c1 ef 03 41 80 3c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900105f7b20 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88810cb1cc00 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000bb61000 RSI: 000000000004321e RDI: 000000000004321f
RBP: ffffc900105f7bd0 R08: ffffffff88971947 R09: 1ffffffff112e328
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff112e329 R12: 1ffff920020bef68
R13: 0000000000000100 R14: ffffc900105f7c00 R15: 0000000000000098
FS:  00007f820cc1e6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000098 CR3: 000000011de3e000 CR4: 00000000003526b0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __down_read_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1316 [inline]
 __down_read_killable kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1340 [inline]
 down_read_killable+0x79/0xf0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1630
 mmap_read_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:204 [inline]
 do_pagemap_scan fs/proc/task_mmu.c:2999 [inline]
 do_pagemap_cmd+0x598/0xc20 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:3052
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x135/0x1b0 fs/ioctl.c:893
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7f/0xa0 fs/ioctl.c:893
 x64_sys_call+0x1878/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f820bd8eec9
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:00007f820cc1e038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f820bfe5fa0 RCX: 00007f820bd8eec9
RDX: 00002000000004c0 RSI: 00000000c0606610 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007f820be11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f820bfe6038 R14: 00007f820bfe5fa0 R15: 00007ffe304da158
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000098
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic64_add_return arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:79 [inline]
RIP: 0010:raw_atomic64_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2723 [inline]
RIP: 0010:raw_atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:163 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_long_add_return_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:3298 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rwsem_read_trylock+0x89/0x660 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:259
Code: b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 04 f3 f3 f3 49 89 04 1c c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 be 08 00 00 00 e8 42 eb 76 00 41 bd 00 01 00 00 4c 89 7c 24 18 <f0> 4d 0f c1 2f 49 81 c5 00 01 00 00 4d 89 f7 49 c1 ef 03 41 80 3c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900105f7b20 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88810cb1cc00 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000bb61000 RSI: 000000000004321e RDI: 000000000004321f
RBP: ffffc900105f7bd0 R08: ffffffff88971947 R09: 1ffffffff112e328
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff112e329 R12: 1ffff920020bef68
R13: 0000000000000100 R14: ffffc900105f7c00 R15: 0000000000000098
FS:  00007f820cc1e6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000098 CR3: 000000011de3e000 CR4: 00000000003526b0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	b8 f1 f1 f1 f1       	mov    $0xf1f1f1f1,%eax
   5:	04 f3                	add    $0xf3,%al
   7:	f3 f3 49 89 04 1c    	repz xrelease mov %rax,(%r12,%rbx,1)
   d:	c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 	movl   $0x0,0x40(%rsp)
  14:	00
  15:	be 08 00 00 00       	mov    $0x8,%esi
  1a:	e8 42 eb 76 00       	call   0x76eb61
  1f:	41 bd 00 01 00 00    	mov    $0x100,%r13d
  25:	4c 89 7c 24 18       	mov    %r15,0x18(%rsp)
* 2a:	f0 4d 0f c1 2f       	lock xadd %r13,(%r15) <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	49 81 c5 00 01 00 00 	add    $0x100,%r13
  36:	4d 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%r15
  39:	49 c1 ef 03          	shr    $0x3,%r15
  3d:	41                   	rex.B
  3e:	80                   	.byte 0x80
  3f:	3c                   	.byte 0x3c

Crashes (7):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/24 00:41 android16-6.12 9ebce096bcb2 e667a34f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/09/09 22:33 android16-6.12 9a2a4b6ded6c d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/08/04 09:31 android16-6.12 bf0fb8bb181b 7368264b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/08/04 08:46 android16-6.12 bf0fb8bb181b 7368264b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/08/04 08:08 android16-6.12 bf0fb8bb181b 7368264b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/08/04 07:29 android16-6.12 bf0fb8bb181b 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in do_pagemap_cmd
2025/10/21 17:13 android16-6.12 0d6730ee6542 9832ed61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in do_pagemap_cmd
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.