[syzbot] [net?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in __xfrm_state_delete

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HEAD commit:    fa582ca7e187 dpll: zl3073x: Fix build failure
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compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.7 (++20250616065708+6146a88f6049-1~exp1~20250616065826.132), Debian LLD 20.1.7

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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __hlist_del include/linux/list.h:982 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hlist_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:560 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __xfrm_state_delete+0x696/0xca0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:830
Write of size 8 at addr ffff888040300470 by task kworker/0:4/5933

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5933 Comm: kworker/0:4 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7-syzkaller-02024-gfa582ca7e187 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Workqueue: events xfrm_state_gc_task
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xca/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:480
 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:593
 __hlist_del include/linux/list.h:982 [inline]
 hlist_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:560 [inline]
 __xfrm_state_delete+0x696/0xca0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:830
 xfrm_timer_handler+0x18f/0xa00 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:716
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1761 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x52c/0xc60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1825
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x187/0x2b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1842
 handle_softirqs+0x286/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:579
 do_softirq+0xec/0x180 kernel/softirq.c:480
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x17d/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:407
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
 xfrm_state_gc_task+0xd1/0x6a0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:629
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 13089:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:319 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:345
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:250 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4148 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1c1/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:4204
 xfrm_state_alloc+0x24/0x2f0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:733
 pfkey_msg2xfrm_state net/key/af_key.c:1122 [inline]
 pfkey_add+0x6e4/0x2e00 net/key/af_key.c:1504
 pfkey_process net/key/af_key.c:2848 [inline]
 pfkey_sendmsg+0xbfe/0x1090 net/key/af_key.c:3699
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:729
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2614
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2703
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 5934:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2381 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:4643 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x18f/0x400 mm/slub.c:4745
 xfrm_state_free net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:591 [inline]
 xfrm_state_gc_destroy net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:618 [inline]
 xfrm_state_gc_task+0x518/0x6a0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:634
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888040300440
 which belongs to the cache xfrm_state of size 928
The buggy address is located 48 bytes inside of
 freed 928-byte region [ffff888040300440, ffff8880403007e0)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff888040302a80 pfn:0x40300
head: order:2 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 ffff88801cae7dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: ffff888040302a80 00000000800f000b 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88801cae7dc0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
head: ffff888040302a80 00000000800f000b 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000002 ffffea000100c001 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000004
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x52820(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP), pid 7981, tgid 7977 (syz.1.516), ts 145890504879, free_ts 145801949982
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x240/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:1704
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1712 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x21e4/0x22c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3669
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x181/0x370 mm/page_alloc.c:4959
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2419
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2451 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x8a/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:2619
 new_slab mm/slub.c:2673 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0xbfc/0x1480 mm/slub.c:3859
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3949 [inline]
 __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4024 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4185 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x283/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:4204
 xfrm_state_alloc+0x24/0x2f0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:733
 xfrm_state_construct net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:889 [inline]
 xfrm_add_sa+0x17d1/0x4070 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:1019
 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x7a3/0xab0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3501
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x205/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
 xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x79/0x90 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3523
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x82f/0x9e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:729
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2614
page last free pid 7991 tgid 7989 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1248 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc71/0xe70 mm/page_alloc.c:2706
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2717 [inline]
 __put_partials+0x161/0x1c0 mm/slub.c:3186
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:3261
 __slab_free+0x2f7/0x400 mm/slub.c:4513
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x140 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:329
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:250 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4148 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x1c6/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4216
 shmem_alloc_inode+0x28/0x40 mm/shmem.c:5150
 alloc_inode+0x67/0x1b0 fs/inode.c:346
 new_inode+0x22/0x170 fs/inode.c:1145
 __shmem_get_inode mm/shmem.c:3049 [inline]
 shmem_get_inode+0x346/0xe90 mm/shmem.c:3123
 shmem_mknod+0x18c/0x3e0 mm/shmem.c:3844
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3717 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3816 [inline]
 path_openat+0x14f4/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4052
 do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4082
 do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1437

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888040300300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888040300380: fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff888040300400: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                                                             ^
 ffff888040300480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888040300500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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