audit: type=1400 audit(1518208118.751:8): avc: denied { create } for pid=4162 comm="syzkaller307626" 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(1518208118.751:9): avc: denied { write } for pid=4162 comm="syzkaller307626" 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+ #216 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 syzkaller307626/4162: #0: (cb_lock){++++}, at: [<0000000003e14ab0>] genl_rcv+0x19/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:634 #1: (genl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000cccfca4b>] genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline] #1: (genl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000cccfca4b>] genl_rcv_msg+0x115/0x140 net/netlink/genetlink.c:622 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 4162 Comm: syzkaller307626 Not tainted 4.15.0+ #216 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 C_SYSC_sendmsg net/compat.c:739 [inline] compat_SyS_sendmsg+0x2a/0x40 net/compat.c:737 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:330 [inline] do_fast_syscall_32+0x3ee/0xfa1 arch/x86/entry/common.c:392 entry_SYSENTER_compat+0x54/0x63 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S:129 RIP: 0023:0xf7f30c79 RSP: 002b:00000000fff19b4c EFLAGS: 00000203 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000172 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000020003000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000