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Subject: [syzbot] [greybus?] [usb?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in gb_operation_work
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:56:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6af55517.a0c627da.5d811.0010.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 6628e7d4c6b2 Linux 7.4-rc1
git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=109ac1a1580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f9bf69220d319004
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0b456664585fa81a47f6
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=149ac1a1580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=150c9f8d580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d415be35d54e/disk-6628e7d4.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/69e49385122b/vmlinux-6628e7d4.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/51be81fff25f/bzImage-6628e7d4.xz
AI-generated root cause summary:
In gb_connection_recv() (drivers/greybus/operation.c), the kernel verifies that
the incoming buffer length is at least sizeof(struct gb_operation_msg_hdr), but
fails to validate that the message header's claimed size (header.size, parsed as
msg_size) is also at least sizeof(struct gb_operation_msg_hdr). When msg_size <
sizeof(struct gb_operation_msg_hdr), gb_operation_create_incoming() subtracts
the header size from msg_size, causing an unsigned integer underflow when
calculating request_size. In gb_operation_message_alloc(), the payload size and
header size wrap back around and kzalloc(msg_size) allocates an undersized
buffer smaller than the header, leading to out-of-bounds reads when reading
request_header->operation_id or a ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference panic when msg_size
is zero.
full analysis: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/ai_root_cause?x=0b456664585fa81a47f6
IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+0b456664585fa81a47f6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
greybus 1-svc: unexpected request 0x7f received (state 0)
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in gb_operation_response_alloc drivers/greybus/operation.c:490 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in gb_operation_response_send drivers/greybus/operation.c:832 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in gb_operation_request_handle drivers/greybus/operation.c:252 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in gb_operation_work+0x8be/0x990 drivers/greybus/operation.c:280
Read of size 2 at addr ffff888105f0a642 by task kworker/u8:2/38
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/15/2026
Workqueue: greybus1:0 gb_operation_work
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
gb_operation_response_alloc drivers/greybus/operation.c:490 [inline]
gb_operation_response_send drivers/greybus/operation.c:832 [inline]
gb_operation_request_handle drivers/greybus/operation.c:252 [inline]
gb_operation_work+0x8be/0x990 drivers/greybus/operation.c:280
process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3495
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3578 [inline]
worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3659
kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x69f/0xc90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Allocated by task 28:
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:409 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:426
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5531 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x315/0x7e0 mm/slub.c:5556
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:995 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
gb_operation_message_alloc+0x9b/0x2c0 drivers/greybus/operation.c:380
gb_operation_create_common+0x9f/0x710 drivers/greybus/operation.c:532
gb_operation_create_incoming drivers/greybus/operation.c:644 [inline]
gb_connection_recv_request drivers/greybus/operation.c:926 [inline]
gb_connection_recv+0x1dc/0x1050 drivers/greybus/operation.c:1063
greybus_data_rcvd+0x244/0x600 drivers/greybus/connection.c:89
cport_in_callback+0x1fb/0x280 drivers/greybus/es2.c:840
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x38e/0x610 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657
usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3ca/0x4a0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1741
dummy_timer+0xdb5/0x3840 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2051
__run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2079 [inline]
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x448/0x9a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2136
hrtimer_run_softirq+0x1ca/0x360 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2153
handle_softirqs+0x209/0xa00 kernel/softirq.c:669
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:703 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:542 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x17a/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:786
irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:809
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8f/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:674
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888105f0a640
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8
The buggy address is located 2 bytes inside of
allocated 3-byte region [ffff888105f0a640, ffff888105f0a643)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x105f0a
flags: 0x200000000000000(node=0|zone=2)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0200000000000000 ffff888100041500 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000800080 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2c00(GFP_NOIO|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 6490716744
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0xfd/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1856
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1864 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xf4b/0x3440 mm/page_alloc.c:3935
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x299/0x2d50 mm/page_alloc.c:5444
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3384 [inline]
allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3499 [inline]
new_slab+0xb1/0x6d0 mm/slub.c:3550
refill_objects+0xe3/0x410 mm/slub.c:7539
refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2917 [inline]
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x35e/0x650 mm/slub.c:4811
alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4887 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5021 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5530 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_noprof+0x634/0x820 mm/slub.c:5543
_kmalloc_array_node_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1297 [inline]
__blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs+0x579/0x820 block/blk-mq.c:4588
blk_mq_realloc_hw_ctxs block/blk-mq.c:4652 [inline]
blk_mq_init_allocated_queue+0x36c/0x1500 block/blk-mq.c:4694
blk_mq_alloc_queue+0x1bd/0x290 block/blk-mq.c:4464
scsi_alloc_sdev+0x972/0xe90 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:339
scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x523/0x720 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1227
__scsi_scan_target+0x188/0x420 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1803
scsi_scan_channel drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1893 [inline]
scsi_scan_channel+0x142/0x1e0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1868
scsi_scan_host_selected+0x2b3/0x380 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1922
do_scsi_scan_host+0x1f4/0x270 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:2055
page_owner free stack trace missing
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff888105f0a500: 06 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc
ffff888105f0a580: fa fc fc fc 06 fc fc fc 06 fc fc fc 06 fc fc fc
>ffff888105f0a600: 06 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc 03 fc fc fc fa fc fc fc
^
ffff888105f0a680: fa fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fa fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc
ffff888105f0a700: fa fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc
==================================================================
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