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: 135d, last: 6h52m
▶ ▼ 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 syz, C 122 11h51m 82d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/15 11:07
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work 19 159 21h21m 131d 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 1364d 1430d 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 1799d 1794d 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 849d 863d 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:815 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:872 [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 ffff888138cb0c80 by task kworker/u4:5/918

CPU: 1 PID: 918 Comm: kworker/u4:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
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:815 [inline]
 hlist_del_init include/linux/list.h:872 [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 1789:
 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 1789:
 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+0x1e1/0x440 drivers/net/ppp/pppox.c:110
 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

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888138cb0c00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 128 bytes inside of
 512-byte region [ffff888138cb0c00, ffff888138cb0e00)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea0004e32c00 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x138cb0
head:ffffea0004e32c00 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 0x1d20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC|__GFP_HARDWALL), pid 1785, ts 88194663194, free_ts 88096789304
 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]
 __ip_append_data+0x205b/0x30b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1125
 ip_append_data+0x125/0x1a0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1344
 raw_sendmsg+0xe42/0x13e0 net/ipv4/raw.c:646
 inet_sendmsg+0xa5/0xc0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:830
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5be/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2377
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2431
 __sys_sendmmsg+0x2ab/0x4c0 net/socket.c:2517
 __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2546 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2543 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0xa0/0xb0 net/socket.c:2543
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_slab+0xcf/0x190 mm/slub.c:1899
 free_slab mm/slub.c:1914 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:1920 [inline]
 unfreeze_partials+0x150/0x180 mm/slub.c:2415
 put_cpu_partial+0xc1/0x180 mm/slub.c:2451
 __slab_free+0x2c9/0x3a0 mm/slub.c:3100
 do_slab_free mm/slub.c:3196 [inline]
 ___cache_free+0x10e/0x130 mm/slub.c:3215
 qlink_free+0x50/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:157
 qlist_free_all+0x5f/0xb0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x14a/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xe0 mm/kasan/common.c:440
 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_trace+0x155/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:2977
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:555 [inline]
 usb_control_msg+0x74/0x3f0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:156
 get_port_status drivers/usb/core/hub.c:595 [inline]
 hub_ext_port_status+0xf2/0x6a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:612
 hub_port_wait_reset drivers/usb/core/hub.c:-1 [inline]
 hub_port_reset+0x498/0x1720 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:3035

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888138cb0b80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff888138cb0c00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888138cb0c80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                   ^
 ffff888138cb0d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888138cb0d80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Crashes (919):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/05 23:17 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/05 21:29 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/05 20:23 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/05 17:35 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2ee8459f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/05 06:56 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2ee8459f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/05 02:41 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/04 20:43 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/04 15:21 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/04 12:07 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/04 03:09 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/04 03:09 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/03 21:05 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/03 20:04 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/03 12:23 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/03 11:00 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/03 04:15 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/02 17:47 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/02 10:36 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/02 05:50 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/02 02:42 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 19:48 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 17:05 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 08:31 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 07:31 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 02:23 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/11/01 00:44 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 21:52 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 14:59 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 09:09 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 06:58 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 02:45 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/31 01:00 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 19:17 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 17:12 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 15:14 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 12:43 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 06:25 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 03:56 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/30 01:26 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/29 20:07 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/29 18:14 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b498adee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/29 16:57 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b1d00f76 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/29 13:39 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b1d00f76 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/29 03:45 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 b1d00f76 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/28 04:00 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/28 02:46 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/27 14:20 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/26 18:53 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/26 12:42 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/26 08:35 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/10/26 03:33 android13-5.10-lts f61a392235e0 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/09/29 11:40 android13-5.10-lts 340d402887d3 7bf4ea23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
2026/09/26 18:53 android13-5.10-lts c5d8ec7afea2 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 general protection fault in l2tp_tunnel_del_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.