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WARNING: refcount bug in sync_timeline_signal
Status:
moderation: reported on 2026/07/03 13:28
Subsystems:
media
dri
Labels:
prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+ef4c2b1ce5c227d197d4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 60d, last: 40d
Sample crash report:
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refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 lib/refcount.c:25, CPU#1: syz.4.1755/17957
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 17957 Comm: syz.4.1755 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 lib/refcount.c:25
Code: eb 66 85 db 74 3e 83 fb 01 75 4c e8 4b 3d 01 fd 48 8d 3d e4 d1 f5 0a 67 48 0f b9 3a eb 4a e8 38 3d 01 fd 48 8d 3d e1 d1 f5 0a <67> 48 0f b9 3a eb 37 e8 25 3d 01 fd 48 8d 3d de d1 f5 0a 67 48 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900055ffc28 EFLAGS: 00010287
RAX: ffffffff84c44678 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90010233000 RSI: 000000000000076b RDI: ffffffff8fba1860
RBP: ffffc900055ffd10 R08: ffff8880325b8000 R09: 0000000000000005
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff8880749a0eb8 R14: ffff8880749a0eb0 R15: ffff8880749a0e00
FS: 00007f5a374e66c0(0000) GS:ffff888125d3c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd424abf52 CR3: 000000003ee96000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline]
__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline]
refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline]
kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]
dma_fence_get include/linux/dma-fence.h:317 [inline]
sync_timeline_signal+0x472/0x810 drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:224
sw_sync_ioctl_inc drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:401 [inline]
sw_sync_ioctl+0x4f9/0x1110 drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c:470
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xff/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x17b/0x530 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:85
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f5a3928de99
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:00007f5a374e6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5a39515fa0 RCX: 00007f5a3928de99
RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 0000000040045701 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f5a39323eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5a39516038 R14: 00007f5a39515fa0 R15: 00007ffed9ad08c8
</TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
0: eb 66 jmp 0x68
2: 85 db test %ebx,%ebx
4: 74 3e je 0x44
6: 83 fb 01 cmp $0x1,%ebx
9: 75 4c jne 0x57
b: e8 4b 3d 01 fd call 0xfd013d5b
10: 48 8d 3d e4 d1 f5 0a lea 0xaf5d1e4(%rip),%rdi # 0xaf5d1fb
17: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi
1c: eb 4a jmp 0x68
1e: e8 38 3d 01 fd call 0xfd013d5b
23: 48 8d 3d e1 d1 f5 0a lea 0xaf5d1e1(%rip),%rdi # 0xaf5d20b
* 2a: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
2f: eb 37 jmp 0x68
31: e8 25 3d 01 fd call 0xfd013d5b
36: 48 8d 3d de d1 f5 0a lea 0xaf5d1de(%rip),%rdi # 0xaf5d21b
3d: 67 addr32
3e: 48 rex.W
3f: 0f .byte 0xf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.