KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/08 00:07
Subsystems: kernfs
Labels: prio:high actionable
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Reported-by: syzbot+61d22228f1d777d4a5c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 54d, last: 54d
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9c91c77f repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (4) 2026/08/16 13:32 2026/08/16 15:19 2026/08/16 18:08 746171ee
5e1528e2 moderation Actionable: ✅ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (4) 2026/07/08 00:02 2026/07/08 00:02 2026/07/08 00:06 93f57954
5b5eb58f assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (4) 2026/07/05 02:36 2026/07/05 02:36 2026/07/05 03:26 93f57954
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[syzbot] [kernfs?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (4) 0 (1) 2026/07/08 00:07
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (3) kernfs 19 1 201d 197d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/07 17:10
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get kernfs 19 1 922d 922d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/26 00:41
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (2) kernfs 19 2 1287d 1373d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/16 19:32
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (2) kernfs 19 2 640d 636d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/04 15:25
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Write in kernfs_get 22 syz error 8 476d 645d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/05 11:00
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get kernfs 19 8 1504d 1626d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/11 09:18
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (2) origin:downstream 22 syz error 3 243d 327d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/05 18:13
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (2) origin:lts 22 syz error 27 199d 772d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/21 20:16
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get 19 3 1283d 1408d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/20 22:47
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Write in kernfs_get 22 3 1038d 1125d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/21 14:31
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get 19 2 743d 789d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/11 11:50
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get 19 1 741d 741d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/23 10:42
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in kernfs_get (3) 19 1 132d 132d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/15 13:32
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/17 08:59 25m nogikh@google.com upstream no crash job log log

Sample crash report:
usb 4-1: Direct firmware load for ueagle-atm/eagleI.fw failed with error -2
usb 4-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ueagle-atm/eagleI.fw
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kernfs_get+0x20/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:560
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880338825a0 by task kworker/0:0/9

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description+0x55/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:378
 print_report+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]
 atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
 kernfs_get+0x20/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:560
 sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:802 [inline]
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x6b9/0xcd0 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_add+0x163/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426
 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3300 [inline]
 get_device_parent+0x316/0x3a0 drivers/base/core.c:3351
 device_add+0x2d4/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3681
 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline]
 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline]
 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2dd/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
 _request_firmware+0x1049/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware_work_func+0xac/0x2d0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1162
 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>

Allocated by task 9:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4612 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4945 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2a0/0x5f0 mm/slub.c:4959
 __kernfs_new_node+0xe6/0x980 fs/kernfs/dir.c:665
 kernfs_new_node fs/kernfs/dir.c:751 [inline]
 kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xfe/0x230 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1120
 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x622/0xcd0 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_add+0x163/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426
 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3300 [inline]
 get_device_parent+0x316/0x3a0 drivers/base/core.c:3351
 device_add+0x2d4/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3681
 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline]
 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline]
 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2dd/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
 _request_firmware+0x1049/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware_work_func+0xac/0x2d0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1162
 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 15:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2705 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6405 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x182/0x650 mm/slub.c:6532
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2645 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x78b/0x10a0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2897
 handle_softirqs+0x225/0x840 kernel/softirq.c:622
 run_ksoftirqd+0x36/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1076
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x57c/0xa80 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 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

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3e/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbd/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:556
 __call_rcu_common kernel/rcu/tree.c:3159 [inline]
 call_rcu+0xee/0x8b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3279
 kernfs_put+0x622/0x820 fs/kernfs/dir.c:618
 __kernfs_remove+0x69a/0x8e0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1603
 kernfs_remove+0x4c/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1624
 __kobject_del+0xe0/0x310 lib/kobject.c:604
 kobject_del+0x45/0x60 lib/kobject.c:627
 device_del+0x772/0x8f0 drivers/base/core.c:3981
 usb_disconnect+0x630/0x9a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2376
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5407 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x1bbb/0x4d30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 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

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880338825a0
 which belongs to the cache kernfs_node_cache of size 176
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
 freed 176-byte region [ffff8880338825a0, ffff888033882650)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x33882
flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000000 ffff888140415280 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800110011 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 8130, tgid 8129 (syz.0.763), ts 244206391995, free_ts 244188026758
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1f9/0x250 mm/page_alloc.c:1859
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1867 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x21fa/0x2270 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5304
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3294 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x79/0x5e0 mm/slub.c:3408
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3454 [inline]
 refill_objects+0x2d5/0x350 mm/slub.c:7338
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2832 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2bf/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:4703
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4801 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4933 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x382/0x5f0 mm/slub.c:4959
 __kernfs_new_node+0xe6/0x980 fs/kernfs/dir.c:665
 kernfs_new_node fs/kernfs/dir.c:751 [inline]
 kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xfe/0x230 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1120
 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x622/0xcd0 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_init_and_add+0x12b/0x1a0 lib/kobject.c:457
 rx_queue_add_kobject net/core/net-sysfs.c:1239 [inline]
 net_rx_queue_update_kobjects+0x247/0x780 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1301
 register_queue_kobjects net/core/net-sysfs.c:2093 [inline]
 netdev_register_kobject+0x21f/0x310 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2341
 register_netdevice+0x1433/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:11440
 register_netdev+0x40/0x60 net/core/dev.c:11556
page last free pid 23 tgid 23 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1406 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc1e/0xd10 mm/page_alloc.c:2950
 __tlb_remove_table_free mm/mmu_gather.c:228 [inline]
 tlb_remove_table_rcu+0x85/0x100 mm/mmu_gather.c:291
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2645 [inline]
 rcu_core+0x78b/0x10a0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2897
 handle_softirqs+0x225/0x840 kernel/softirq.c:622
 run_ksoftirqd+0x36/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1076
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x57c/0xa80 kernel/smpboot.c:160
 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

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888033882480: fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888033882500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc
>ffff888033882580: fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                               ^
 ffff888033882600: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff888033882680: fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/03 19:36 upstream d2c9a99135da 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in kernfs_get
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.