================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tasklet_action_common+0x103/0x490 kernel/softirq.c:954 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88804c549158 by task ksoftirqd/0/15 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description+0x55/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:378 print_report+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 tasklet_action_common+0x103/0x490 kernel/softirq.c:954 handle_softirqs+0x226/0x860 kernel/softirq.c:645 run_ksoftirqd+0x36/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1099 smpboot_thread_fn+0x565/0xa70 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Allocated by task 5615: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:409 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:426 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x321/0x600 mm/slub.c:5563 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline] _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline] ath9k_init_wmi+0x4f/0x2b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c:95 ath9k_htc_probe_device+0x1e5/0x2370 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c:956 ath9k_htc_hw_init+0x32/0x70 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:532 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x214/0x4b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1255 request_firmware_work_func+0xf7/0x2d0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1164 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Freed by task 5615: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:264 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:296 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2748 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6509 [inline] kfree+0x1c5/0x650 mm/slub.c:6802 ath9k_htc_probe_device+0x11a9/0x2370 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c:978 ath9k_htc_hw_init+0x32/0x70 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:532 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x214/0x4b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1255 request_firmware_work_func+0xf7/0x2d0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1164 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88804c549000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 344 bytes inside of freed 2048-byte region [ffff88804c549000, ffff88804c549800) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x4c548 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801b042000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801b042000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 head: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000003 fffffffffffffe01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner tracks the page as allocated page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 6105, tgid 6102 (syz.4.126), ts 107890842177 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline] post_alloc_hook+0x1f9/0x250 mm/page_alloc.c:1871 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1879 [inline] get_page_from_freelist+0x2209/0x2280 mm/page_alloc.c:3943 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x217/0x5a0 mm/page_alloc.c:5436 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3347 [inline] allocate_slab+0x7d/0x620 mm/slub.c:3462 new_slab mm/slub.c:3513 [inline] refill_objects+0x2d5/0x350 mm/slub.c:7418 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2885 [inline] __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2c8/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:4774 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4850 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4984 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x39b/0x600 mm/slub.c:5559 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline] _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline] nbp_vlan_add+0x22a/0xb20 net/bridge/br_vlan.c:1338 br_vlan_info+0x100/0x470 net/bridge/br_netlink.c:711 br_process_vlan_info+0x61f/0x8b0 net/bridge/br_netlink.c:774 br_afspec+0x3a5/0x600 net/bridge/br_netlink.c:842 br_setlink+0x34f/0x830 net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1159 rtnl_bridge_setlink+0x5b6/0x7e0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5712 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7b9/0xc00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:7146 netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2575 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7bd/0x940 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1364 page last free pid 1 tgid 1 ts 21014228525 stack trace: reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:26 [inline] __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1418 [inline] free_pages_prepare+0x9eb/0xaf0 mm/page_alloc.c:1463 __free_contig_range_common+0x174/0x340 mm/page_alloc.c:7072 destroy_args+0x4e5/0x570 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:993 debug_vm_pgtable+0x3f8/0x410 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:1368 do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1362 do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1424 do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1440 kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1675 kernel_init+0x22/0x1d0 init/main.c:1565 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Memory state around the buggy address: ffff88804c549000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff88804c549080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb >ffff88804c549100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff88804c549180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff88804c549200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ==================================================================