KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work

Status: premoderation: reported on 2026/06/23 09:58
Reported-by: syzbot+debdd4ed13bf7673952e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 51d, last: 2h18m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work 19 52 21h18m 60d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/06/14 19:53
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work 19 51 4h41m 48d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/06/27 08:43
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_tunnel_del_work (2) net 22 syz unreliable done 2 1280d 1346d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/10 16:21
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Write in l2tp_tunnel_del_work net 22 1 1715d 1711d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/04/01 19:17
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work net 19 syz, C done 99 765d 779d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hlist_unhashed include/linux/list.h:808 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:865 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1232 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0xcd/0x3d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1273
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811bf75c80 by task kworker/u4:3/310

CPU: 1 PID: 310 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Tainted: G        W         syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: l2tp l2tp_tunnel_del_work
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:77
 dump_stack_lvl+0x1a7/0x208 lib/dump_stack.c:118
 print_address_description+0x7f/0x2c0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:435 [inline]
 kasan_report+0x100/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:452
 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:309
 hlist_unhashed include/linux/list.h:808 [inline]
 hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:865 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_closeall net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1232 [inline]
 l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0xcd/0x3d0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1273
 process_one_work+0x6fd/0xbc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2301
 worker_thread+0xa8e/0x13c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2447
 kthread+0x324/0x3b0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298

Allocated by task 2434:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:430 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:509 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0x100 mm/kasan/common.c:518
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0x19f/0x330 mm/slub.c:4038
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:560 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:667 [inline]
 l2tp_session_create+0x39/0xb60 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1616
 pppol2tp_connect+0xbf5/0x1640 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:772
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:1867 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x3ce/0x450 net/socket.c:1884
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1894 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1891 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1891
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Freed by task 2435:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4a/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_free_info+0x23/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:370
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x125/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:362
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:370
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:220 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1600 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc5/0x190 mm/slub.c:1626
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3208 [inline]
 kfree+0xc0/0x270 mm/slub.c:4196
 l2tp_session_free net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:168 [inline]
 l2tp_session_put+0xb2/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:193
 pppol2tp_ioctl+0x748/0x960 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c:-1
 pppox_ioctl+0x1e4/0x320 drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c:93
 sock_do_ioctl+0xda/0x380 net/socket.c:1068
 sock_ioctl+0x472/0x740 net/socket.c:1208
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:48 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:753 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x121/0x1a0 fs/ioctl.c:739
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:739
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xd2/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
 kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc+0xb/0x10 mm/kasan/generic.c:358
 __call_rcu kernel/rcu/tree.c:2980 [inline]
 call_rcu+0x11a/0x1090 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3054
 fib6_info_release include/net/ip6_fib.h:346 [inline]
 ip6_route_info_create+0xa44/0x1450 net/ipv6/route.c:3753
 ip6_route_add+0x27/0x130 net/ipv6/route.c:3767
 addrconf_add_mroute net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2533 [inline]
 addrconf_add_dev+0x385/0x4c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2551
 inet6_addr_add+0x1b2/0x970 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2991
 inet6_rtm_newaddr+0x6e1/0x9c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4969
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x9e9/0xca0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5622
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e9/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2508
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5640
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1314 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x86c/0xa30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1340
 netlink_sendmsg+0x949/0xb70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1919
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x467/0x620 net/socket.c:2007
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2019 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2015 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe5/0x100 net/socket.c:2015
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88811bf75c00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 128 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff88811bf75c00, ffff88811bf75e00)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00046fdd00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x11bf74
head:ffffea00046fdd00 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head)
raw: 4000000000010200 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888100043080
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 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 133, ts 7602757800, free_ts 7148368163
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook mm/page_alloc.c:2456 [inline]
 prep_new_page+0x176/0x190 mm/page_alloc.c:2462
 get_page_from_freelist+0x225f/0x23f0 mm/page_alloc.c:4254
 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x29a/0x640 mm/page_alloc.c:5384
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:-1 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1813 [inline]
 new_slab+0x84/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:1874
 new_slab_objects mm/slub.c:2632 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x2f8/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:2796
 __slab_alloc+0x63/0xa0 mm/slub.c:2836
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2918 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2960 [inline]
 __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1e4/0x310 mm/slub.c:4541
 __kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:144 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0xdc/0x520 net/core/skbuff.c:212
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xa3/0x560 net/core/skbuff.c:6019
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x87f/0x9a0 net/core/sock.c:2393
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x6f3/0x18f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1725
 unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0x118/0x1e0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2108
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 sock_write_iter+0x2a6/0x3a0 net/socket.c:1019
 do_iter_readv_writev+0x477/0x5f0 fs/read_write.c:-1
 do_iter_write+0x175/0x5e0 fs/read_write.c:866
 vfs_writev+0x2a9/0x530 fs/read_write.c:939
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:28 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1349 [inline]
 __free_pages_ok+0x80b/0x830 mm/page_alloc.c:1629
 free_the_page mm/page_alloc.c:5445 [inline]
 __free_pages+0xd8/0x390 mm/page_alloc.c:5454
 free_pages+0x82/0x90 mm/page_alloc.c:5465
 __stack_depot_save+0x492/0x4c0 lib/stackdepot.c:359
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:39 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:430 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0xc9/0xe0 mm/kasan/common.c:463
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:244 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x5d/0x2f0 mm/slab.h:580
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2952 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2960 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x15a/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:2965
 skb_clone+0x1cd/0x370 net/core/skbuff.c:1467
 dev_queue_xmit_nit+0x183/0x9d0 net/core/dev.c:2348
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3601 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x163/0x680 net/core/dev.c:3622
 sch_direct_xmit+0x26d/0x990 net/sched/sch_generic.c:339
 qdisc_restart net/sched/sch_generic.c:404 [inline]
 __qdisc_run+0xa3a/0x1400 net/sched/sch_generic.c:412
 qdisc_run+0x100/0x2f0 include/net/pkt_sched.h:126
 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3817 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0xbc6/0x2500 net/core/dev.c:4173
 dev_queue_xmit+0x17/0x20 net/core/dev.c:4254
 neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:501 [inline]
 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:515 [inline]
 ip6_finish_output2+0xea9/0x1540 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:130

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88811bf75b80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88811bf75c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88811bf75c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                   ^
 ffff88811bf75d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff88811bf75d80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================

Crashes (112):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/14 07:11 android13-5.10-lts e334a66065d3 b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/14 02:48 android13-5.10-lts e334a66065d3 b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/14 00:43 android13-5.10-lts e334a66065d3 b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/13 23:00 android13-5.10-lts e334a66065d3 b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/13 11:00 android13-5.10-lts e334a66065d3 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/12 05:41 android13-5.10-lts dce28bf8c73c f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/11 12:02 android13-5.10-lts dce28bf8c73c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/10 06:10 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 23:55 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 17:57 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 16:23 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 14:00 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 10:27 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/09 01:56 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/08 21:51 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/08 20:09 android13-5.10-lts 447db0046f21 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/06 11:01 android13-5.10-lts 0f73d4924a74 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/05 17:39 android13-5.10-lts 0f73d4924a74 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/04 06:55 android13-5.10-lts 0f73d4924a74 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/04 05:01 android13-5.10-lts 0f73d4924a74 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/04 03:52 android13-5.10-lts 0f73d4924a74 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/03 01:39 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/02 22:21 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/02 14:45 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/01 19:18 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/01 16:27 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/01 12:49 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/01 07:38 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/08/01 00:34 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/31 21:57 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/31 14:41 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/31 09:10 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/31 04:55 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/31 01:18 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/30 15:18 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/30 04:02 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/30 02:47 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/27 07:53 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/26 20:00 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/26 01:06 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/25 22:30 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/25 20:56 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/07/25 17:23 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.