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KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/06 12:35
Reported-by: syzbot+1c60687a1f6580099289@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 382d, last: 17h26m
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad origin:lts-only 19 C inconclusive 393 10h49m 435d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/13 18:37
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad gfs2 19 syz error error 10 152d 197d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/04 10:59

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x107/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4882
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807dcccbb0 by task gfs2_quotad/4623

CPU: 1 PID: 4623 Comm: gfs2_quotad Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x60/0x2d0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:434 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:451
 __lock_acquire+0x107/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4882
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 finish_wait+0xb8/0x1c0 kernel/sched/wait.c:407
 gfs2_quotad+0x713/0x890 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1605
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 5244:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x92/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:467
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x15d/0x280 mm/slub.c:3238
 getname_flags+0xb7/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:138
 getname fs/namei.c:217 [inline]
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4483 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4480 [inline]
 __x64_sys_symlinkat+0x78/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4480
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

Freed by task 5244:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xec/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x8f/0x210 mm/slub.c:3520
 putname fs/namei.c:271 [inline]
 do_symlinkat+0x5d7/0x6b0 fs/namei.c:4476
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4483 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4480 [inline]
 __x64_sys_symlinkat+0x95/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4480
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88807dccc400
 which belongs to the cache names_cache of size 4096
The buggy address is located 1968 bytes inside of
 4096-byte region [ffff88807dccc400, ffff88807dccd400)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea0001f73200 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x7dcc8
head:ffffea0001f73200 order:3 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 ffff888016de9500
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000070007 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 5244, ts 117216174923, free_ts 117080906300
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2426 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24f6/0x2670 mm/page_alloc.c:4192
 __alloc_pages+0x1ee/0x480 mm/page_alloc.c:5501
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1780 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1917 [inline]
 new_slab+0xc0/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:1980
 ___slab_alloc+0x807/0xdd0 mm/slub.c:3013
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3100 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0xf0/0x280 mm/slub.c:3238
 getname_flags+0xb7/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:138
 getname fs/namei.c:217 [inline]
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4483 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:4480 [inline]
 __x64_sys_symlinkat+0x78/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4480
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1340 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1391 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x637/0x6c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3317
 free_unref_page+0x8f/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3396
 qlist_free_all+0x35/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x150/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:444
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x15d/0x280 mm/slub.c:3238
 anon_vma_chain_alloc mm/rmap.c:138 [inline]
 __anon_vma_prepare+0x66/0x430 mm/rmap.c:192
 anon_vma_prepare include/linux/rmap.h:152 [inline]
 do_anonymous_page mm/memory.c:3836 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4648 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x3c1b/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
 do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
 copy_user_enhanced_fast_string+0xe/0x40 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S:205
 copy_user_generic arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:37 [inline]
 raw_copy_to_user arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:58 [inline]
 copyout lib/iov_iter.c:157 [inline]
 copy_page_to_iter_iovec lib/iov_iter.c:228 [inline]
 __copy_page_to_iter lib/iov_iter.c:861 [inline]
 copy_page_to_iter+0x4c9/0x930 lib/iov_iter.c:889
 filemap_read+0x1e0a/0x2560 mm/filemap.c:2698
 blkdev_read_iter+0x11d/0x150 block/fops.c:563

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88807dccca80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88807dcccb00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88807dcccb80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                     ^
 ffff88807dcccc00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88807dcccc80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (36):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/22 22:23 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/06/22 22:12 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/06/20 19:10 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/06/19 16:56 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 570c59ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/06/09 07:11 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/06/06 12:46 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/25 11:24 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/22 03:57 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 70ae9b03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/18 12:41 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/16 18:48 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/15 11:23 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/15 02:37 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/05/13 17:19 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/04/08 21:51 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/04/07 17:37 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/04/02 03:57 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 0cb124d5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/31 14:14 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b aeea1c72 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/31 03:25 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/31 00:37 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/31 00:31 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/27 07:47 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/03/26 22:01 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/02/18 19:24 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/02/03 02:03 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/02/01 16:33 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/01/20 23:52 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2026/01/06 20:08 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/12/08 22:16 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/12/06 10:40 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/11/11 13:26 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/11/06 06:34 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/11/05 18:56 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/10/28 00:17 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/06/06 12:35 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 9fa58bba .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/07/21 09:32 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: use-after-free Read in gfs2_quotad
2025/12/15 02:22 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in gfs2_quotad
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.