audit: type=1400 audit(1518211177.052:8): avc: denied { create } for pid=4177 comm="syzkaller763588" scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=netlink_generic_socket permissive=1 ============================= WARNING: suspicious RCU usage audit: type=1400 audit(1518211177.052:9): avc: denied { write } for pid=4177 comm="syzkaller763588" scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:system_r:insmod_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tclass=netlink_generic_socket permissive=1 4.15.0+ #306 Not tainted ----------------------------- net/tipc/bearer.c:177 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 2 locks held by syzkaller763588/4177: #0: (cb_lock){++++}, at: [<000000009cd5c43c>] genl_rcv+0x19/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:634 #1: (genl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<0000000085e9dd38>] genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline] #1: (genl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<0000000085e9dd38>] genl_rcv_msg+0x115/0x140 net/netlink/genetlink.c:622 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 4177 Comm: syzkaller763588 Not tainted 4.15.0+ #306 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:17 [inline] dump_stack+0x194/0x257 lib/dump_stack.c:53 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x123/0x170 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4592 tipc_bearer_find+0x2b4/0x3b0 net/tipc/bearer.c:177 tipc_nl_compat_link_set+0x329/0x9f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:729 __tipc_nl_compat_doit net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:288 [inline] tipc_nl_compat_doit+0x15b/0x670 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:335 tipc_nl_compat_handle net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1119 [inline] tipc_nl_compat_recv+0x1135/0x18f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1201 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x7b7/0xfb0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:599 genl_rcv_msg+0xb2/0x140 net/netlink/genetlink.c:624 netlink_rcv_skb+0x14b/0x380 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2442 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:635 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1308 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x4c4/0x6b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1334 netlink_sendmsg+0xa4a/0xe60 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1897 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:630 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xca/0x110 net/socket.c:640 ___sys_sendmsg+0x767/0x8b0 net/socket.c:2046 __sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x210 net/socket.c:2080 SYSC_sendmsg net/socket.c:2091 [inline] SyS_sendmsg+0x2d/0x50 net/socket.c:2087 do_syscall_64+0x282/0x940 arch/x86/entry/common.c:287 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x26/0x9b RIP: 0033:0x43fd69 RSP: 002b:00007ffdeece1d68 EFLAGS: 00000203 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000004002c8 RCX: