KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session

Status: premoderation: reported on 2026/07/23 21:14
Reported-by: syzbot+a15cb6458385a5d7a36b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 80d, last: 4h24m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session 19 5 15d 98d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/05 05:21
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session 19 4 78d 107d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/06/26 07:57

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_tunnel_get_session+0xd2/0x170 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:270
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88812ee06418 by task syz.0.588/3010

CPU: 1 PID: 3010 Comm: syz.0.588 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0x110/0x170 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x71/0x200 mm/kasan/report.c:316
 print_report+0x4a/0x60 mm/kasan/report.c:420
 kasan_report+0x122/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:524
 __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:350
 l2tp_tunnel_get_session+0xd2/0x170 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:270
 pppol2tp_connect+0xb3c/0x1640 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:746
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2001 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x3da/0x460 net/socket.c:2018
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2028 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2025 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2025
 x64_sys_call+0x88d/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:43
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7efefef9e1d9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007efefd931028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007efeff226f90 RCX: 00007efefef9e1d9
RDX: 000000000000002e RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007efeff035888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007efeff227028 R14: 00007efeff226f90 R15: 00007ffc2d421e38
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 2980:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:380 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x95/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:389
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:212 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:938 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xb4/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:951
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:568 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:699 [inline]
 l2tp_session_create+0x38/0xbd0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1614
 pppol2tp_connect+0xbf5/0x1640 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:771
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2001 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x3da/0x460 net/socket.c:2018
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2028 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2025 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2025
 x64_sys_call+0x88d/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:43
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

Freed by task 3005:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x132/0x180 mm/kasan/common.c:242
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:250
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:178 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1750 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc2/0x190 mm/slub.c:1776
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3712 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb7/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:3728
 kfree+0x6f/0xf0 mm/slab_common.c:990
 l2tp_session_free net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:168 [inline]
 l2tp_session_put+0xaf/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:193
 pppol2tp_ioctl+0x748/0x960 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:-1
 pppox_ioctl+0x1f6/0x330 drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c:93
 sock_do_ioctl+0x114/0x330 net/socket.c:1192
 sock_ioctl+0x475/0x700 net/socket.c:1311
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x12f/0x1b0 fs/ioctl.c:856
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:856
 x64_sys_call+0x58b/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88812ee06400
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 24 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff88812ee06400, ffff88812ee06600)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea0004bb8100 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x12ee04
head:ffffea0004bb8100 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=1)
raw: 4000000000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 ffff888100042f00
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x1d2a20(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 2971, tgid 2970 (syz.9.586), ts 125108334749, free_ts 121641145297
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x1f5/0x210 mm/page_alloc.c:2673
 prep_new_page+0x1c/0x110 mm/page_alloc.c:2680
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2ca9/0x2d20 mm/page_alloc.c:4587
 __alloc_pages+0x1fa/0x610 mm/page_alloc.c:5931
 alloc_slab_page+0x6e/0xf0 include/linux/gfp.h:-1
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1967 [inline]
 new_slab+0x98/0x3e0 mm/slub.c:2020
 ___slab_alloc+0x70f/0xb70 mm/slub.c:3177
 __slab_alloc+0x5e/0xa0 mm/slub.c:3263
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3348 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x204/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3423
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:937 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xa1/0x1e0 mm/slab_common.c:958
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:449 [inline]
 pskb_expand_head+0x1c2/0x12b0 net/core/skbuff.c:1852
 skb_ensure_writable+0x2f5/0x490 net/core/skbuff.c:5799
 __bpf_try_make_writable net/core/filter.c:1683 [inline]
 bpf_try_make_writable net/core/filter.c:1689 [inline]
 bpf_try_make_head_writable net/core/filter.c:1697 [inline]
 ____bpf_clone_redirect net/core/filter.c:2476 [inline]
 bpf_clone_redirect+0x1d7/0x4a0 net/core/filter.c:2445
 0xffffffffa0001e74
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:987 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:607 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:614 [inline]
 bpf_test_run+0x35f/0x940 net/bpf/test_run.c:402
 bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0xd64/0x18a0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1222
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1581 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1655 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x81b/0x820 mm/page_alloc.c:3622
 free_unref_page+0x93/0x530 mm/page_alloc.c:3720
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:863 [inline]
 __free_pages+0x67/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:6021
 __free_slab+0xc7/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:2044
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2059 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2065 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x15a/0x190 mm/slub.c:2614
 put_cpu_partial+0xa9/0x100 mm/slub.c:2690
 __slab_free+0x1c4/0x280 mm/slub.c:3589
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:3666 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0xbf/0xd0 mm/slub.c:3722
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:168 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0xc6/0x140 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:187
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x14a/0x170 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:294
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x24/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:311
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:202 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4f/0x2d0 mm/slab.h:768
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3382 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3392 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3399 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x166/0x320 mm/slub.c:3408
 getname_flags+0xba/0x510 fs/namei.c:139
 vfs_fstatat fs/stat.c:266 [inline]
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:437 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x127/0x440 fs/stat.c:431
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x9b/0xb0 fs/stat.c:431

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88812ee06300: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88812ee06380: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88812ee06400: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                            ^
 ffff88812ee06480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88812ee06500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/12 00:36 android14-6.1 9ea8d8374e5e 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
2026/09/19 21:32 android14-6.1 8cef8b5b11b7 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
2026/08/19 00:32 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
2026/08/06 02:22 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
2026/07/23 21:14 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
2026/07/23 21:13 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_get_session
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.