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memory leak in vidtv_psi_short_event_desc_init

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/04/06 20:04
Subsystems: media
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+afc686a471d70896c5d9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 51d, last: 51d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
f37c1d44-c3ec-4cd0-8671-52c7b843b749 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ memory leak in vidtv_psi_short_event_desc_init 2026/05/17 04:49 2026/05/17 04:49 2026/05/17 05:33 de5aae85e5f28e2fa1c7deefcc24fe286abe5140
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Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH] media: dvb-core: fix memory leak in dvb_dmxdev_add_pid() on start failure 2 (2) 2026/05/13 09:05
[syzbot] [media?] memory leak in vidtv_psi_short_event_desc_init 2 (5) 2026/04/12 17:13
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (4)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/20 22:58 19m retest repro upstream report log
2026/04/20 22:29 29m retest repro upstream report log
2026/04/12 16:20 51m azpijr@gmail.com patch upstream OK log
2026/04/12 13:11 47m azpijr@gmail.com patch upstream report log

Sample crash report:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881145cb200 (size 64):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6104, jiffies 4294941873
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    0b 4c 75 64 77 69 67 20 76 61 6e 20 42 65 65 74  .Ludwig van Beet
    68 6f 76 65 6e 3a 20 46 fc 72 20 45 6c 69 73 65  hoven: F.r Elise
  backtrace (crc 6d5386ce):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4543 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
    __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5259 [inline]
    __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x3e0/0x5d0 mm/slub.c:5368
    __kmemdup_nul mm/util.c:64 [inline]
    kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84
    vidtv_psi_short_event_desc_init+0x1f0/0x220 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:467
    vidtv_channel_s302m_init+0x1c2/0x2a0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:124
    vidtv_channels_init+0x1b/0x40 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:524
    vidtv_mux_init+0x372/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:515
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888127ff87a0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6104, jiffies 4294941873
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    08 80 fd 80 1b e0 83 ff 27 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00  ........'.......
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 52407852):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4543 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x377/0x480 mm/slub.c:5375
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init+0x32/0xa0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1441
    vidtv_channel_sdt_serv_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:229 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x230/0x750 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:435
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888127ff83e0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6104, jiffies 4294941873
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 19 02 0c 50 85 36 11  ........H...P.6.
    81 88 ff ff 0a b0 82 36 11 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00  .......6........
  backtrace (crc e8912ca1):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4543 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x377/0x480 mm/slub.c:5375
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_service_desc_init+0x74/0x1b0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:288
    vidtv_psi_desc_clone+0x137/0x160 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:506
    vidtv_channel_sdt_serv_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:236 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x1d8/0x750 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:435
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888127ff81a0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6104, jiffies 4294941873
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 01 ee d0 18 00 00 23 59 59 80 8d 80 b0 6f 14  .......#YY....o.
    81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 79354a12):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4543 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x377/0x480 mm/slub.c:5375
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_eit_event_init+0x6d/0x1b0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1983
    vidtv_channel_eit_event_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:182 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x31b/0x750 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:439
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/06 18:47 upstream 591cd656a1bf 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-leak memory leak in vidtv_psi_short_event_desc_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.