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KFENCE: use-after-free read in virtqueue_get_buf_ctx
Status:
moderation: reported on 2026/07/30 00:20
Subsystems:
virt
Labels:
prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+0f659760bac1ecb01812@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d11h, last: 5d11h
Sample crash report:
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BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x42/0x2150 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:3129
Use-after-free read at 0xffff88823be22048 (in kfence-#16):
virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x42/0x2150 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:3129
stats_handle_request drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c:450 [inline]
update_balloon_stats_func+0x121/0x300 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c:547
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
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
kfence-#16: 0xffff88823be22f00-0xffff88823be22fef, size=240, cache=skbuff_head_cache
allocated by task 13198 on cpu 0 at 1787.700554s (0.398917s ago):
__alloc_skb+0x1d7/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:704
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:819 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:876 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x2b1/0xcb0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
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 13198 on cpu 0 at 1787.704288s (0.395347s ago):
nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:892 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x879/0xcb0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
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
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 25534 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Workqueue: events_freezable update_balloon_stats_func
RIP: 0010:virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x42/0x2150 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:3129
Code: 48 89 fb 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e8 26 18 87 fc 4c 8d 73 48 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 d5 15 00 00 <45> 8b 36 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 e0 de a8 8e e8 0c 1e 87 fc 41 83 fe 01
RSP: 0018:ffffc900110d7960 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88823be22000 RCX: ffff88803a8e8000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff8de1c71f R09: 0000000000000000
R10: fffff5200221aeb8 R11: fffffbfff1bc38e4 R12: 1ffff11004063d32
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88823be22048 R15: ffffc900110d7a80
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125c42000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffff88823be22048 CR3: 0000000027530000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
stats_handle_request drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c:450 [inline]
update_balloon_stats_func+0x121/0x300 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c:547
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
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>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
0: 48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx
3: 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%r13
a: fc ff df
d: e8 26 18 87 fc call 0xfc871838
12: 4c 8d 73 48 lea 0x48(%rbx),%r14
16: 4c 89 f0 mov %r14,%rax
19: 48 c1 e8 03 shr $0x3,%rax
1d: 42 0f b6 04 28 movzbl (%rax,%r13,1),%eax
22: 84 c0 test %al,%al
24: 0f 85 d5 15 00 00 jne 0x15ff
* 2a: 45 8b 36 mov (%r14),%r14d <-- trapping instruction
2d: 4c 89 f7 mov %r14,%rdi
30: 48 c7 c6 e0 de a8 8e mov $0xffffffff8ea8dee0,%rsi
37: e8 0c 1e 87 fc call 0xfc871e48
3c: 41 83 fe 01 cmp $0x1,%r14d
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.