KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/05 04:26
Subsystems: bluetooth usb
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+8a173e13208949931dc7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct
Patched on: [ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 312d, last: 2h47m
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4a93e1b2 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start 2026/05/23 06:13 2026/05/23 06:13 2026/05/23 07:07 c69befb3
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[PATCH v6] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 5 (5) 2026/07/16 09:12
Re: [PATCH v5] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 2 (2) 2026/07/10 10:43
[syzbot] Monthly bluetooth report (Jul 2026) 0 (1) 2026/07/04 04:32
[PATCH] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT 5 (5) 2026/05/21 08:38
[syzbot] Monthly usb report (May 2026) 0 (1) 2026/05/02 12:32
[syzbot] Monthly bluetooth report (May 2026) 0 (1) 2026/05/02 12:32
[syzbot] Monthly bluetooth report (Apr 2026) 0 (1) 2026/04/01 07:42
[syzbot] Monthly bluetooth report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/28 22:38
[syzbot] Monthly bluetooth report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/29 08:12
[syzbot] [usb?] KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start 0 (1) 2025/10/05 04:26

Sample crash report:
=========[  200.430402][ T5602] ==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xb5/0x190 lib/list_debug.c:65
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc9000edc9008 by task kworker/u9:7/5602

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5602 Comm: kworker/u9:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: hci3 hci_rx_work
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
 __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xb5/0x190 lib/list_debug.c:65
 __list_del_entry_valid include/linux/list.h:132 [inline]
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:246 [inline]
 list_del include/linux/list.h:260 [inline]
 kcov_remote_area_get kernel/kcov.c:143 [inline]
 kcov_remote_start+0x295/0x6f0 kernel/kcov.c:930
 kcov_remote_start_common include/linux/kcov.h:48 [inline]
 hci_rx_work+0x10f/0x1020 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4002
 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>

The buggy address belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping
Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffffc9000edc8f00: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
 ffffc9000edc8f80: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
>ffffc9000edc9000: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
                      ^
 ffffc9000edc9080: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
 ffffc9000edc9100: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
==================================================================

Crashes (3507):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/09 15:36 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 14:29 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 12:49 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 07:52 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 01:17 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 20:19 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 17:25 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 16:10 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 10:35 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 07:21 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 06:05 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 02:51 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 01:37 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 19:28 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 13:20 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 10:44 upstream f9a2394a2348 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 07:47 upstream f9a2394a2348 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 06:21 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 03:19 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 22:43 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 19:30 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 10:29 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 07:35 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 04:43 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 01:03 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/05 07:30 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 11:44 upstream 848acc8ffe1b a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 10:28 upstream 848acc8ffe1b a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 01:40 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 07:19 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 05:55 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 05:49 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 04:16 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/05/22 20:33 upstream 45255ea1ca09 e16cf9f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/03/09 04:48 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2025/10/05 02:43 upstream d104e3d17f7b 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2025/10/01 04:17 upstream 50c19e20ed2e 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/08 03:35 linux-next 5c73cd9f0819 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 10:58 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/09 09:57 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/08 21:45 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 21:56 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/07 01:25 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/06 08:59 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/05 17:19 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/05 13:06 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/05 05:32 upstream c21bb4193868 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 12:57 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 09:00 upstream 848acc8ffe1b a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 04:44 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 03:25 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 17:09 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 14:17 upstream 075b74841bd0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 11:35 upstream 075b74841bd0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: corrupted list in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 09:21 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/03 03:09 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/08 14:04 linux-next 5c73cd9f0819 ab40da58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kcov_remote_start
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.