From: syzbot <syzbot+d445a71e1c011b592c16@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
mchehab@kernel.org, sameekshasankpal@gmail.com,
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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [media?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in dvb_device_put
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:42:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a4f7b0e.c76b52dc.34afef.002c.GAE@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68d145d8.050a0220.13cd81.05b4.GAE@google.com>
syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 0e35b9b6ec0f Merge tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2026-07-06-17-4..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16527b1e580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=48ef5c5c0f192153
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d445a71e1c011b592c16
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=131d3739580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image (non-bootable): https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d900f083ada3/non_bootable_disk-0e35b9b6.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/c14bac7bee17/vmlinux-0e35b9b6.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/36bfa5293255/bzImage-0e35b9b6.xz
IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+d445a71e1c011b592c16@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:112 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:389 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:432 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:450 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kref_put include/linux/kref.h:64 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dvb_device_put.part.0+0x22/0x90 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88802e87b210 by task syz.0.1597/11270
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11270 Comm: syz.0.1597 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x13d/0x4b0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xdf/0x1c0 mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:186 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:112 [inline]
atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 [inline]
__refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:389 [inline]
__refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:432 [inline]
refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:450 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:64 [inline]
dvb_device_put.part.0+0x22/0x90 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629
dvb_device_put drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:628 [inline]
dvb_device_open+0x2ba/0x3b0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:113
chrdev_open+0x234/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:411
do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:947
vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1052
do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
path_openat+0x2873/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4863
do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4892
do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1368
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1385
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f40c6b5e68e
Code: 08 0f 85 a5 a8 ff ff 49 89 fb 48 89 f0 48 89 d7 48 89 ce 4c 89 c2 4d 89 ca 4c 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b 4c 24 10 4c 89 5c 24 08 0f 05 <c3> 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 08
RSP: 002b:00007f40c61dcb28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f40c61dd6c0 RCX: 00007f40c6b5e68e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f40c61dcc00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f40c61dcc00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: cccccccccccccccd
R13: 00007f40c6e26128 R14: 00007f40c6e26090 R15: 00007ffd8a94f4f8
</TASK>
Allocated by task 1:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2e5/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:5515
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:969 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1290 [inline]
dvb_register_device+0x1d6/0x1e20 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:472
dvb_register_frontend+0x552/0x820 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3051
vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:438 [inline]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x44b/0xa30 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:510
platform_probe+0x106/0x1d0 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0x20e/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:868
driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
__driver_attach+0x21f/0x5b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
bus_for_each_dev+0x13e/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
bus_add_driver+0x305/0x5b0 drivers/base/bus.c:763
driver_register+0x1e2/0x360 drivers/base/driver.c:174
vidtv_bridge_init+0x52/0x80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:602
do_one_initcall+0x11d/0x700 init/main.c:1347
do_initcall_level init/main.c:1409 [inline]
do_initcalls init/main.c:1425 [inline]
do_basic_setup init/main.c:1445 [inline]
kernel_init_freeable+0x6ea/0x7b0 init/main.c:1658
kernel_init+0x1f/0x1e0 init/main.c:1548
ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
Freed by task 11273:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2705 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6405 [inline]
kfree+0x22b/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:6720
dvb_free_device drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:616 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
dvb_device_put.part.0+0x57/0x90 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:629
dvb_device_put drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:628 [inline]
dvb_device_open+0x2ba/0x3b0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:113
chrdev_open+0x234/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:411
do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:947
vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1052
do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
path_openat+0x2873/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4863
do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4892
do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1368
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1385
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802e87b200
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of
freed 256-byte region [ffff88802e87b200, ffff88802e87b300)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff88802e87aa00 pfn:0x2e87a
head: order:1 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0xfff00000000240(workingset|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 00fff00000000240 ffff88801bc42b40 ffffea0000e95890 ffffea0000f47190
raw: ffff88802e87aa00 000000080010000e 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000240 ffff88801bc42b40 ffffea0000e95890 ffffea0000f47190
head: ffff88802e87aa00 000000080010000e 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000001 ffffffffffffff81 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000002
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 1, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2040(__GFP_IO|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 37, tgid 37 (kdevtmpfs), ts 20172119905, free_ts 0
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0xfd/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1859
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1867 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xf48/0x3530 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x299/0x2dc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5304
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3294 [inline]
allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3408 [inline]
new_slab+0xa2/0x650 mm/slub.c:3454
refill_objects+0xe3/0x410 mm/slub.c:7338
refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2832 [inline]
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x376/0x680 mm/slub.c:4703
alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4801 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4933 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5361 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x66d/0x820 mm/slub.c:5387
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:973 [inline]
_kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1189 [inline]
security_inode_init_security+0x113/0x370 security/security.c:1347
shmem_mknod+0x2ce/0x480 mm/shmem.c:3804
vfs_mknod+0x3a5/0x7f0 fs/namei.c:5135
handle_create drivers/base/devtmpfs.c:232 [inline]
handle drivers/base/devtmpfs.c:384 [inline]
devtmpfs_work_loop+0x48d/0xae4 drivers/base/devtmpfs.c:399
devtmpfsd+0x3f/0x50 drivers/base/devtmpfs.c:441
kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
page_owner free stack trace missing
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff88802e87b100: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff88802e87b180: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff88802e87b200: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff88802e87b280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff88802e87b300: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================
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