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Subject: [syzbot] [net?] [usb?] memory leak in ndisc_send_rs (4)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:51:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6af74e31.fe96acdb.12252b.0009.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 9d66f26fefac Merge tag 'vfs-7.4-rc3.fixes.2' of git://git...
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=136da9ea580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=4361b1bb937ae1c4
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bf62ca9997f43d2fa521
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=12e9ba09580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/292d4fa72c6e/disk-9d66f26f.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/78e602f24eea/vmlinux-9d66f26f.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/802a7b846686/bzImage-9d66f26f.xz
AI-generated root cause summary:
In drivers/net/usb/hso.c, hso_net_start_xmit() takes ownership of an outgoing
packet by stashing it in odev->skb_tx_buf when hso_get_activity() returns
-EAGAIN (e.g. when the USB device is suspended, disconnected, or not
configured). However, neither hso_net_close() nor hso_free_net_device() frees
odev->skb_tx_buf prior to unregistering and freeing the net_device. When a
packet (such as an IPv6 Router Solicitation generated during interface
configuration) is queued during device disconnect or suspend, the sk_buff and
its allocated head buffer are permanently leaked.
full analysis: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/ai_root_cause?x=bf62ca9997f43d2fa521
IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+bf62ca9997f43d2fa521@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888100e9f200 (size 240):
comm "kworker/u8:2", pid 5708, jiffies 4294993435
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f2 e9 00 81 88 ff ff ................
00 20 bd 23 81 88 ff ff 80 31 48 02 81 88 ff ff . .#.....1H.....
backtrace (crc 28f53d77):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4733 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5033 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x368/0x400 mm/slub.c:5105
__alloc_skb+0xdc/0x4e0 net/core/skbuff.c:705
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1390 [inline]
ndisc_alloc_skb+0x46/0xf0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:421
ndisc_send_rs+0x49/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:708
addrconf_dad_completed+0x1f9/0x6c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4422
addrconf_dad_begin net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4184 [inline]
addrconf_dad_work+0x5c8/0x910 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4289
process_one_work+0x2b7/0x5c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3495
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3578 [inline]
worker_thread+0x255/0x4a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3659
kthread+0x150/0x1a0 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x219/0x490 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888106538b00 (size 704):
comm "kworker/u8:2", pid 5708, jiffies 4294993435
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
60 00 00 00 00 08 3a ff fe 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 `.....:.........
backtrace (crc 261f6968):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4733 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5033 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x368/0x400 mm/slub.c:5105
kmalloc_reserve+0xd2/0x1b0 net/core/skbuff.c:616
__alloc_skb+0x15d/0x4e0 net/core/skbuff.c:716
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1390 [inline]
ndisc_alloc_skb+0x46/0xf0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:421
ndisc_send_rs+0x49/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:708
addrconf_dad_completed+0x1f9/0x6c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4422
addrconf_dad_begin net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4184 [inline]
addrconf_dad_work+0x5c8/0x910 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4289
process_one_work+0x2b7/0x5c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3495
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3578 [inline]
worker_thread+0x255/0x4a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3659
kthread+0x150/0x1a0 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x219/0x490 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF
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