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To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: [syzbot] [media?] memory leak in dvb_register_frontend
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:35:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a8bbc09.dbb3a75c.13dd47.005c.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 26260251022f Merge tag 'livepatching-for-7.3' of git://git..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=179ac415580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6c1b5958b2d1207f
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=32f018fd65e799f79ae0
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=15f99549580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0f75e7622b1f/disk-26260251.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/2bbff9fd7b60/vmlinux-26260251.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/95d733004907/bzImage-26260251.xz
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Reported-by: syzbot+32f018fd65e799f79ae0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888104d8ec00 (size 1024):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937925
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 cf b9 05 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 284558ee):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4599 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4919 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x359/0x440 mm/slub.c:5480
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
dvb_register_frontend+0xad/0x2b0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3047
vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:438 [inline]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x1f6/0x420 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:510
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1507
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
driver_probe_device+0x28/0xf0 drivers/base/dd.c:898
__driver_attach drivers/base/dd.c:1292 [inline]
__driver_attach+0x10a/0x200 drivers/base/dd.c:1232
bus_for_each_dev+0xb8/0x120 drivers/base/bus.c:383
bus_add_driver+0x122/0x280 drivers/base/bus.c:763
driver_register+0xb1/0x140 drivers/base/driver.c:174
vidtv_bridge_init+0x52/0x80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:602
do_one_initcall+0x74/0x430 init/main.c:1353
do_initcall_level init/main.c:1415 [inline]
do_initcalls init/main.c:1431 [inline]
do_basic_setup init/main.c:1451 [inline]
kernel_init_freeable+0x2a9/0x340 init/main.c:1666
kernel_init+0x20/0x1d0 init/main.c:1556
ret_from_fork+0x219/0x490 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888105b9cf00 (size 192):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937926
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de ........".......
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3a 95 03 81 88 ff ff .........:......
backtrace (crc 9bd60cfd):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4599 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4919 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x359/0x440 mm/slub.c:5480
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
dvb_register_device+0x117/0xac0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:472
dvb_register_frontend+0x1d0/0x2b0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c:3074
vidtv_bridge_dvb_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:438 [inline]
vidtv_bridge_probe+0x1f6/0x420 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:510
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1507
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
driver_probe_device+0x28/0xf0 drivers/base/dd.c:898
__driver_attach drivers/base/dd.c:1292 [inline]
__driver_attach+0x10a/0x200 drivers/base/dd.c:1232
bus_for_each_dev+0xb8/0x120 drivers/base/bus.c:383
bus_add_driver+0x122/0x280 drivers/base/bus.c:763
driver_register+0xb1/0x140 drivers/base/driver.c:174
vidtv_bridge_init+0x52/0x80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:602
do_one_initcall+0x74/0x430 init/main.c:1353
do_initcall_level init/main.c:1415 [inline]
do_initcalls init/main.c:1431 [inline]
do_basic_setup init/main.c:1451 [inline]
kernel_init_freeable+0x2a9/0x340 init/main.c:1666
kernel_init+0x20/0x1d0 init/main.c:1556
connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: read tcp 127.0.0.1:35893->127.0.0.1:38908: read: connection reset by peer
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2026-08-24 3:35 syzbot [this message]
2026-08-24 6:59 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] media: vidtv: fix frontend reference leak on unbind syzbot
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2026-08-24 8:14 ` [syzbot] [media?] memory leak in dvb_register_frontend syzbot
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