KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store

Status: premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/07/27 15:36
Bug presence: origin:lts
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Reported-by: syzbot+94b8a93321cbd5f52ece@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 12d, last: 9d20h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/08/01 lts (merge base) 8c9d5557c8e6 C [report] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/08/01 upstream (ToT) 02dc699f83d0 C Didn't crash

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in strcmp+0x70/0xc0 lib/string.c:272
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88810b642660 by task syz-executor235/2188

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 2188 Comm: syz-executor235 Not tainted syzkaller #0 0b31bef96cff8e44f9e14c4f768eb06c85e3b290
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0x140/0x1c0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description+0x71/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:377
 print_report+0x4a/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:481
 kasan_report+0x162/0x1a0 mm/kasan/report.c:594
 __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x18/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:378
 strcmp+0x70/0xc0 lib/string.c:272
 algorithm_params_store+0x425/0x790 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:2109
 dev_attr_store+0x76/0xa0 drivers/base/core.c:2440
 sysfs_kf_write+0x141/0x160 fs/sysfs/file.c:136
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x319/0x510 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x762/0xfd0 fs/read_write.c:684
 ksys_write+0x145/0x260 fs/read_write.c:737
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x7f/0x90 fs/read_write.c:746
 x64_sys_call+0x271c/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x57/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f85e25d7679
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffd505ea018 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00746e6d5f737973 RCX: 00007f85e25d7679
RDX: 000000000000001d RSI: 0000200000000400 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00000000000f4240 R08: 0000000000000009 R09: 0000000000000009
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000000081fb
R13: 00007ffd505ea02c R14: 00007ffd505ea040 R15: 00007ffd505ea030
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 2188:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:49 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:70
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x3a/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:565
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:379 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x96/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:396
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:261 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4395 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x24e/0x4f0 mm/slub.c:4414
 kstrdup+0x4d/0x130 mm/util.c:70
 __comp_algorithm_store+0x5c/0x250 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:2004
 comp_algorithm_store+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:2140
 dev_attr_store+0x76/0xa0 drivers/base/core.c:2440
 sysfs_kf_write+0x141/0x160 fs/sysfs/file.c:136
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x319/0x510 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x762/0xfd0 fs/read_write.c:684
 ksys_write+0x145/0x260 fs/read_write.c:737
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x7f/0x90 fs/read_write.c:746
 x64_sys_call+0x271c/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x57/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Freed by task 2190:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:49 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:70
 kasan_save_free_info+0x44/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:249 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:266
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2445 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4714 [inline]
 kfree+0x158/0x440 mm/slub.c:4875
 comp_algorithm_set drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1979 [inline]
 __comp_algorithm_store+0x190/0x250 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:2025
 comp_algorithm_store+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:2140
 dev_attr_store+0x76/0xa0 drivers/base/core.c:2440
 sysfs_kf_write+0x141/0x160 fs/sysfs/file.c:136
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x319/0x510 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x762/0xfd0 fs/read_write.c:684
 ksys_write+0x145/0x260 fs/read_write.c:737
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x7f/0x90 fs/read_write.c:746
 x64_sys_call+0x271c/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x57/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:78
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810b642660
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
 freed 8-byte region [ffff88810b642660, ffff88810b642668)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10b642
flags: 0x4000000000000000(zone=1)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 4000000000000000 ffff888100041500 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080800080 00000001f5000000 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 0x52cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP), pid 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 2271839430, free_ts 2187091689
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x37d/0x3b0 mm/page_alloc.c:1863
 prep_new_page+0x2d/0x180 mm/page_alloc.c:1871
 get_page_from_freelist+0x4aea/0x4ba0 mm/page_alloc.c:3948
 __alloc_pages_noprof+0x35a/0x7e0 mm/page_alloc.c:5315
 alloc_slab_page+0x6b/0x1e0 mm/slub.c:-1
 allocate_slab+0x69/0x430 mm/slub.c:2687
 new_slab mm/slub.c:2741 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x591/0x8c0 mm/slub.c:3934
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:4025 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4078 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4239 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4394 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fc/0x510 mm/slub.c:4407
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:885 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1017 [inline]
 acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x2df/0x490 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c:331
 acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c:666 [inline]
 acpi_ns_get_node+0x1ab/0x360 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c:726
 acpi_get_handle+0x188/0x290 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfname.c:98
 acpi_has_method+0x8d/0xe0 drivers/acpi/utils.c:673
 acpi_is_video_device+0x84/0x1c0 drivers/acpi/scan.c:1306
 acpi_set_pnp_ids drivers/acpi/scan.c:1445 [inline]
 acpi_init_device_object+0xb19/0x14e0 drivers/acpi/scan.c:1833
 acpi_add_single_object+0x10a/0x1a10 drivers/acpi/scan.c:1884
 acpi_bus_check_add+0x373/0x860 drivers/acpi/scan.c:2185
page last free pid 1 tgid 1 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:28 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1390 [inline]
 free_unref_page+0xbb8/0xf70 mm/page_alloc.c:2876
 __free_pages+0x6b/0x3b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5402
 __free_slab+0xb2/0x110 mm/slub.c:2758
 free_slab+0x18/0xe0 mm/slub.c:2781
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2787 [inline]
 __put_partials+0x115/0x150 mm/slub.c:3256
 put_cpu_partial+0x91/0xc0 mm/slub.c:3331
 __slab_free+0x1cf/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4584
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:4666 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0xc9/0xe0 mm/slub.c:4781
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0xb5/0x130 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_remove_cache+0x1df/0x360 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:364
 kasan_cache_shrink+0xd/0x20 mm/kasan/generic.c:206
 kmem_cache_shrink+0x11/0x30 mm/slab_common.c:556
 acpi_os_purge_cache+0x19/0x30 drivers/acpi/osl.c:1573
 acpi_purge_cached_objects+0x93/0xd0 drivers/acpi/acpica/utxface.c:239
 acpi_initialize_objects+0x32/0xb0 drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c:250
 acpi_bus_init+0xca/0x700 drivers/acpi/bus.c:1367

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88810b642500: fa fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
 ffff88810b642580: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
>ffff88810b642600: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
                                                       ^
 ffff88810b642680: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
 ffff88810b642700: fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
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Crashes (12):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/30 13:45 android16-6.12 f1c9c21d1c2f 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/30 13:09 android16-6.12 f1c9c21d1c2f 2377cd3d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/30 12:29 android16-6.12 f1c9c21d1c2f 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/30 12:08 android16-6.12 f1c9c21d1c2f 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 21:01 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 18:55 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 18:28 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 17:11 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 16:57 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 15:39 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 15:35 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
2026/07/27 17:44 android16-6.12 a12ab5a23a35 aae9036b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in algorithm_params_store
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.