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KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/08 16:16
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+77c81ec5baefe5b53fd2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 44d, last: 1d13h
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/02/21 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 3330a8d33e08 C [report] KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/21 upstream (ToT) d79526b89571 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open origin:upstream 19 C 173 3d12h 45d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/07 10:59
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open media 22 C error 4520 7m 459d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/12/21 08:54
linux-6.6 KFENCE: use-after-free read in dvb_device_open origin:upstream 19 C 97 6d13h 44d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/08 23:24
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/03/23 21:46 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/02/21 16:18 1m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dvb_device_open+0xc6/0x370 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:109
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88814b952e18 by task syz.4.531/6778

CPU: 0 PID: 6778 Comm: syz.4.531 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
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
 dvb_device_open+0xc6/0x370 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:109
 chrdev_open+0x5c5/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7ff/0xf80 fs/open.c:826
 do_open fs/namei.c:3616 [inline]
 path_openat+0x26f5/0x2fa0 fs/namei.c:3750
 do_filp_open+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
 do_sys_openat2+0x150/0x4b0 fs/open.c:1255
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7f78fa7fbece
Code: 08 0f 85 a5 a8 ff ff 49 89 fb 48 89 f0 48 89 d7 48 89 ce 4c 89 c2 4d 89 ca 4c 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b 4c 24 10 4c 89 5c 24 08 0f 05 <c3> 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 08
RSP: 002b:00007f78f9e9cb28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f78f9e9d6c0 RCX: 00007f78fa7fbece
RDX: 0000000000040002 RSI: 00007f78f9e9cc00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f78f9e9cc00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: cccccccccccccccd
R13: 00007f78faab5038 R14: 00007f78faab4fa0 R15: 00007ffd55e217c8
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 1:
 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_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:513 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xb5/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:522
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 dvb_register_device+0x311/0x2170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:488
 dvb_register_frontend+0x645/0x920 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3034
 vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:436 [inline]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x9a1/0xf70 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:508
 platform_probe+0x137/0x1c0 drivers/base/platform.c:1391
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __driver_attach+0x46b/0x670 drivers/base/dd.c:1164
 bus_for_each_dev+0x182/0x1f0 drivers/base/bus.c:303
 bus_add_driver+0x30a/0x5a0 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 driver_register+0x32d/0x430 drivers/base/driver.c:240
 vidtv_bridge_init+0x39/0x70 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:600
 do_one_initcall+0x272/0x730 init/main.c:1316
 do_initcall_level+0x137/0x1f0 init/main.c:1389
 do_initcalls+0x4b/0x90 init/main.c:1405
 kernel_init_freeable+0x3e9/0x570 init/main.c:1629
 kernel_init+0x19/0x1b0 init/main.c:1520
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

Freed by task 6779:
 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+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 dvb_free_device drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:635 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 dvb_device_put drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:650 [inline]
 dvb_device_open+0x2e7/0x370 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:123
 chrdev_open+0x5c5/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7ff/0xf80 fs/open.c:826
 do_open fs/namei.c:3616 [inline]
 path_openat+0x26f5/0x2fa0 fs/namei.c:3750
 do_filp_open+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
 do_sys_openat2+0x150/0x4b0 fs/open.c:1255
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
 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 ffff88814b952e00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 24 bytes inside of
 256-byte region [ffff88814b952e00, ffff88814b952f00)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00052e5480 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff88814b952c00 pfn:0x14b952
head:ffffea00052e5480 order:1 compound_mapcount:0
flags: 0x57ff00000010200(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 057ff00000010200 ffffea0005262b88 ffffea000511f988 ffff888016c41b40
raw: ffff88814b952c00 000000000010000a 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 1, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1, ts 17878109505, free_ts 0
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2426 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x1bbd/0x1ca0 mm/page_alloc.c:4192
 __alloc_pages+0x1ee/0x480 mm/page_alloc.c:5487
 alloc_page_interleave+0x24/0x1e0 mm/mempolicy.c:2031
 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+0x80a/0xdd0 mm/slub.c:3013
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3100 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node+0x200/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:4456
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:630 [inline]
 kvmalloc_node+0x84/0x130 mm/util.c:619
 kvmalloc include/linux/mm.h:816 [inline]
 kvzalloc include/linux/mm.h:824 [inline]
 v4l2_ctrl_new+0x70f/0x1310 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c:1306
 v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x247/0x300 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c:1429
 handler_new_ref+0x14a/0x950 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c:1098
 v4l2_ctrl_add_handler+0x197/0x280 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c:1573
 vivid_create_controls+0x28b3/0x3460 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-ctrls.c:1907
 vivid_create_instance drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:1860 [inline]
 vivid_probe+0x3c47/0x67a0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:2031
 platform_probe+0x137/0x1c0 drivers/base/platform.c:1391
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88814b952d00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88814b952d80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88814b952e00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                            ^
 ffff88814b952e80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88814b952f00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crashes (75):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/21 14:44 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 04:38 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/23 21:26 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4933dba2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/19 01:28 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/18 20:33 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/17 04:05 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/07 19:52 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/05 23:08 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/05 06:53 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/02 23:47 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/02 21:09 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/02 18:59 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:17 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:17 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:16 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:12 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:08 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:07 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:07 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:03 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 20:02 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 19:58 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 19:57 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/03/01 06:37 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/28 23:28 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/26 07:55 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/26 07:53 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/26 07:49 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/26 07:48 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/24 06:24 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/21 09:41 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/21 09:29 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/13 03:54 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/13 01:36 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/13 01:33 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/13 01:28 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/12 14:27 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:33 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:31 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:31 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:28 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:28 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:27 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:25 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:24 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/09 19:22 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/08 16:36 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/08 16:33 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/08 16:27 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/08 16:17 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
2026/02/08 16:15 linux-5.15.y 7b232985052f 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: use-after-free Read in dvb_device_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.