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protection_fault: free

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/15 05:25
Reported-by: syzbot+8be347c6053f8c9980d2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d11h, last: 2d11h

Sample crash report:
kernel: protection fault trap, code=0
Stopped at      free+0x3bc:     movq    0x8(%r13),%r13
ddb> 
ddb> set $lines = 0
ddb> set $maxwidth = 0
ddb> show panic
the kernel did not panic
ddb> show kasan
No such command
ddb> trace
free(ffff800000c57ad0,2,8) at free+0x3bc sys/kern/kern_malloc.c:458
wsmouse_param_ioctl(ffff8000002a4800,80105727,200000000100,1) at wsmouse_param_ioctl+0x219 sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:469
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a wsmousedoioctl sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:430 [inline]
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:417
VOP_IOCTL(fffffd806f55ad88,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,fffffd8007ffd6e8,ffff800035cd0a80) at VOP_IOCTL+0xa3 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:264
vn_ioctl(fffffd806dccd448,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,ffff800035cd0a80) at vn_ioctl+0xea sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:537
sys_ioctl(ffff800035cd0a80,ffff80003c905e60,ffff80003c905db0) at sys_ioctl+0x660 sys/kern/sys_generic.c:-1
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:-1 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x672fde0ba10, count: -8
ddb> show registers
rdi               0xffff80002a8a6000
rsi                             0x8f
rbp               0xffff80003c9059d0
rbx               0x20c2a5d3c9761a17
rdx               0xffff80002a8a6000
rcx                             0x8e
rax               0xffffffff8294555a    free+0x3ca
r8                    0x7f7fffffc000
r9                0xffff800035cd0a80
r10               0x9071a173f56f951f
r11               0xec1e92f944842fac
r12                            0xc34
r13               0x20c2a5d3a321038a
r14               0xffff800000c57ad0
r15               0xffffffff83a8a1d0    bucket+0x120
rip               0xffffffff8294554c    free+0x3bc
cs                               0x8
rflags                       0x10203    __ALIGN_SIZE+0xf203
rsp               0xffff80003c905950
ss                              0x10
free+0x3bc:     movq    0x8(%r13),%r13
ddb> show proc
PROC (syz-executor) tid=69537 pid=18185 tcnt=2 stat=onproc
    flags process=0 proc=4000000<THREAD>
    runpri=32, usrpri=50, slppri=32, nice=20
    wchan=0x0, wmesg=, ps_single=0x0 scnt=0 ecnt=0
    forw=0xffffffffffffffff, list=0xffff800035cd0550,0xffffffff83acc900
    process=0xffff800045ffb618 user=0xffff80003c900000, vmspace=0xfffffd800e0a15d8
    estcpu=36, cpticks=0, pctcpu=0.0, user=0, sys=0, intr=0
ddb> ps
   PID     TID   PPID    UID  S       FLAGS  WAIT          COMMAND
 18185  245556  92390      0  2           0                syz-executor
*18185   69537  92390      0  7   0x4000000                syz-executor
  2238  329071  20580  60929  2        0x10                syz-executor
  2238   22102  20580  60929  3   0x4000090  fsleep        syz-executor
 96146  339903  32098      0  2           0                syz-executor
 96146  295386  32098      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 87254  323392  73087      0  2        0x10                syz-executor
 87254  249267  73087      0  2   0x4000010                syz-executor
 86890  353373  20402      0  2           0                syz-executor
 86890  450548  20402      0  2   0x4000c80                syz-executor
 62825  195999  92145      0  2           0                syz-executor
 62825  175273  92145      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 37987  172069  46979      0  2           0                syz-executor
 37987  143963  46979      0  3   0x4000080  kqsel         syz-executor
 48822  247197  53842      0  3        0x90  nanoslp       syz-executor
 48822  311443  53842      0  2   0x4000010                syz-executor
 48822  235800  53842      0  3   0x4000090  fsleep        syz-executor
 73087  340494  43672      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 20580  450167  43672      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 53842  345556  43672      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 32098  446597  43672      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 46979  459550  43672      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 92145   28529  43672      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 20402  369489  43672      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 92390  255670  43672      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 43672  246183  61884      0  3        0x82  kqread        syz-executor
 61884  240193  64954      0  3    0x10008a  sigsusp       ksh
 64954  231109  55751      0  3        0x98  kqread        sshd-session
 55751  227197  68378      0  3        0x92  kqread        sshd-session
 17769  223208      1      0  3    0x100083  ttyin         getty
 68378  499307      1      0  3        0x88  kqread        sshd
 40297   10737  21137     73  3   0x1100090  kqread        syslogd
 21137  510324      1      0  3    0x100082  sbwait        syslogd
  2423  467243      1      0  3    0x100080  kqread        resolvd
 82541  352993   9981     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
 79540  146920   9981     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
  9981  320469      1      0  3        0x80  kqread        dhcpleased
 30940  276268      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         smr
 97749   65756      0      0  2     0x14200                zerothread
 51393   48782      0      0  3     0x14200  aiodoned      aiodoned
 47658  427663      0      0  3     0x14200  syncer        update
 41257  261469      0      0  3     0x14200  cleaner       cleaner
 90171   34108      0      0  3     0x14200  reaper        reaper
 83107  372821      0      0  3     0x14200  pgdaemon      pagedaemon
  5373  192909      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         viomb
 10480   89873      0      0  3  0x40014200  acpi0         acpi0
 81825  520754      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         softnet0
 40895   41336      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systqmp
 73470  138702      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systq
 67883   14389      0      0  3  0x40014200  tmoslp        softclock
 17074  154689      0      0  3  0x40014200                idle0
     1  322296      0      0  3        0x82  wait          init
     0       0     -1      0  3     0x10200  scheduler     swapper
ddb> show all locks
No such command
ddb> show malloc
           Type InUse  MemUse  HighUse   Limit  Requests Type Lim
         devbuf 11042  12207K   12396K 166960K     12315        0
            pcb    18     12K      12K 166960K        41        0
         rtable   247      7K       8K 166960K       372        0
             pf    33     13K      93K 166960K        61        0
         ifaddr    42      7K       7K 166960K        58        0
        ifgroup    50      2K       2K 166960K        77        0
         sysctl     3      1K       9K 166960K         7        0
       counters    33     17K      18K 166960K        47        0
       ioctlops     0      0K       4K 166960K        51        0
            iov     0      0K      13K 166960K         2        0
          mount     1      1K       1K 166960K         1        0
            log     0      0K       0K 166960K         4        0
         vnodes  1358     85K      86K 166960K      1507        0
      UFS quota     1     32K      32K 166960K         1        0
      UFS mount     5     36K      36K 166960K         5        0
            shm     2      1K       1K 166960K         2        0
         VM map     2      1K       1K 166960K         2        0
            sem     8      0K       0K 166960K         9        0
        dirhash    12      2K       2K 166960K        18        0
           ACPI  1734    201K     291K 166960K     11964        0
      file desc    18     65K      97K 166960K       237        0
          sigio     0      0K       0K 166960K         3        0
           proc    59     59K      91K 166960K       524        0
        subproc    72      4K       4K 166960K        72        0
    NFS srvsock     1      0K       0K 166960K         1        0
     NFS daemon     1     16K      16K 166960K         1        0
    ip_moptions     2      0K       0K 166960K        11        0
       in_multi   100      7K       7K 166960K       100        0
    ether_multi     1      0K       0K 166960K         2        0
            mrt     0      0K       0K 166960K         6        0
    ISOFS mount     1     32K      32K 166960K         1        0
  MSDOSFS mount     1     16K      16K 166960K         1        0
           ttys    49    228K     228K 166960K        49        0
           exec     0      0K       2K 166960K       473        0
   fusefs mount     1     32K      32K 166960K         1        0
            tdb     3      0K       0K 166960K         3        0
        VM swap     8     62K      64K 166960K        10        0
       UVM amap   225    150K     160K 166960K      3852        0
       UVM aobj     5      2K       2K 166960K         5        0
     pinsyscall    39     78K      95K 166960K      1347        0
        memdesc     1      4K       4K 166960K         1        0
    crypto data     1      1K       1K 166960K         1        0
    ip6_options     0      0K       0K 166960K         4        0
            NDP    11      0K       2K 166960K        39        0
           temp    38   9110K    9174K 166960K      4003        0
         kqueue    14     20K      30K 166960K        49        0
      SYN cache     2     16K      16K 166960K         2        0
ddb> show all pools
Name      Size Requests Fail Releases Pgreq Pgrel Npage Hiwat Minpg Maxpg Idle
rtpcb      120       43    0       40     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
rtentry    136      116    0        3     4     0     4     4     0     8    0
unpcb      144       74    0       59     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
syncache   336        6    0        6     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
tcpqe       32        4    0        4     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
tcpcb      736       50    0       40     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
arp         96       18    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
inpcb      328      156    0      139     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
ip6q        72        3    0        2     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
ip6af       40        5    0        4     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
nd6        112       27    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
kcovpl      48        8    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
ppxss      1072      13    0       13     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
pfstscr     40        4    0        4     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
pfstkey    128        4    0        4     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
pfstate    384        2    0        2     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
rttmr      136        2    0        2     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
art_heap8  4096       1    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
art_heap4  256      473    0       13    30     0    30    30     0     8    0
art_table   40      474    0       13     5     0     5     5     0     8    0
art_node    32      116    0       13     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
sysvmsgpl   40        1    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
semapl      72        7    0        1     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
shmpl      112        2    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
dirhash    1024      21    0        4     3     0     3     3     0     8    0
dino2pl    256     1767    0      308    92     0    92    92     0     8    0
ffsino     256     1767    0      308    92     0    92    92     0     8    0
nchpl      144     2097    0      399    64     0    64    64     0     8    0
rtmask      32        2    0        2     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
vnodes     216     1955    0        0   109     0   109   109     0     8    0
namei      1024    6818    0     6818     2     0     2     2     0     8    2
kstatmem   264       47    0       24     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
scxspl     216     7242    0     7242     8     0     8     8     1     8    8
plimitpl   152       40    0       22     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
sigapl     424      535    0      492     6     0     6     6     0     8    1
knotepl    120     6491    0     6443     9     0     9     9     0     8    7
kqueuepl   184       54    0       43     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
pipepl     304      160    0      133     5     0     5     5     0     8    2
fdescpl    448      522    0      492     5     0     5     5     0     8    1
filepl     120     2119    0     1893     9     0     9     9     0     8    2
lockfpl    104       83    0       80     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
lockfspl    48       30    0       27     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
sessionpl  144       25    0       17     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
pgrppl      48       34    0       18     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
ucredpl    104      194    0      180     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
zombiepl   144      492    0      492     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
processpl  1152     535    0      492     4     0     4     4     0     8    0
procpl     664      701    0      649     6     0     6     6     0     8    1
sosppl     176        2    0        2     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
sockpl     552      279    0      244     4     0     4     4     0     8    1
mcl64k     65536      4    0        3     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
mcl8k      8192       6    0        6     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
mcl4k      4096    2608    0     2557    13     0    13    13     0     8    6
mcl2k      2048     207    0      204     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
mextrefs    64       88    0       87     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
mtagpl      96        6    0        4     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
mbufpl     256     5448    0     5279    22     0    22    22     0     8    8
bufpl      272     2409    0      104   154     0   154   154     0     8    0
anonpl      24    89848    0    86606    21     0    21    21     0   187    0
amapchunkpl 152   11343    0    10854    33     0    33    33     0   158   14
amappl16   200     1355    0     1325     4     0     4     4     0     8    2
amappl15   192        3    0        3     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
amappl14   184      412    0      411     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl13   176      116    0      106     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl12   168      759    0      730     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
amappl11   160       29    0       29     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
amappl10   152       55    0       45     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl9    144      273    0      273     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
amappl8    136       92    0       91     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl7    128      142    0      131     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl6    120      150    0      147     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl5    112      182    0      175     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl4    104      265    0      249     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
amappl3     96     2048    0     1934     4     0     4     4     0     8    0
amappl2     88      524    0      471     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
amappl1     80    10514    0     9957    13     0    13    13     0     8    1
amappl      88     3144    0     2981     5     0     5     5     0    92    1
uvmvnodes   80       99    0        0     3     0     3     3     0     8    0
dma4096    4096       1    0        1     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
dma1024    1024       1    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
dma256     256        6    0        6     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
dma128     128      253    0      253     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
dma64       64        6    0        6     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
dma32       32        7    0        7     1     0     1     1     0     8    1
dma16       16       18    0       17     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
aobjpl      72        4    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
uaddrrnd    24      522    0      492     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
uaddrbest   32        2    0        0     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
uaddr       24      522    0      492     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
vmmpekpl   168     6103    0     6073     2     0     2     2     0     8    0
vmmpepl    168    41687    0    39862    81     0    81    81     0   357    0
vmsppl     368      521    0      492     4     0     4     4     0     8    1
rwobjpl     40    14685    0    13733    11     0    11    11     0     8    0
pdppl      4096    1050    0      984   100    34    66    82     0     8    0
pvpl        32   238067    0   228989    79     0    79    79     0   265    2
pmappl     216      521    0      492     3     0     3     3     0     8    0
extentpl    40       46    0       28     1     0     1     1     0     8    0
phpool     112      527    0       34    15     0    15    15     0     8    0
ddb> machine ddbcpu 0
No such command
ddb> trace
free(ffff800000c57ad0,2,8) at free+0x3bc sys/kern/kern_malloc.c:458
wsmouse_param_ioctl(ffff8000002a4800,80105727,200000000100,1) at wsmouse_param_ioctl+0x219 sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:469
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a wsmousedoioctl sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:430 [inline]
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:417
VOP_IOCTL(fffffd806f55ad88,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,fffffd8007ffd6e8,ffff800035cd0a80) at VOP_IOCTL+0xa3 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:264
vn_ioctl(fffffd806dccd448,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,ffff800035cd0a80) at vn_ioctl+0xea sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:537
sys_ioctl(ffff800035cd0a80,ffff80003c905e60,ffff80003c905db0) at sys_ioctl+0x660 sys/kern/sys_generic.c:-1
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:-1 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x672fde0ba10, count: -8
ddb> machine ddbcpu 1
No such command
ddb> trace
free(ffff800000c57ad0,2,8) at free+0x3bc sys/kern/kern_malloc.c:458
wsmouse_param_ioctl(ffff8000002a4800,80105727,200000000100,1) at wsmouse_param_ioctl+0x219 sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:469
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a wsmousedoioctl sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:430 [inline]
wsmouseioctl(4400,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,ffff800035cd0a80) at wsmouseioctl+0x7a sys/dev/wscons/wsmouse.c:417
VOP_IOCTL(fffffd806f55ad88,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,2,fffffd8007ffd6e8,ffff800035cd0a80) at VOP_IOCTL+0xa3 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:264
vn_ioctl(fffffd806dccd448,80105727,ffff80003c905c90,ffff800035cd0a80) at vn_ioctl+0xea sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:537
sys_ioctl(ffff800035cd0a80,ffff80003c905e60,ffff80003c905db0) at sys_ioctl+0x660 sys/kern/sys_generic.c:-1
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:-1 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c905e60) at syscall+0x962 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x672fde0ba10, count: -8

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/15 05:25 openbsd c070732167b6 2130f682 .config console log report [disk image] [bsd.gdb] [kernel image] ci-openbsd-main protection_fault: free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.