[syzbot] [io-uring?] memory leak in iovec_from_user (4)

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2026-01-14T08:35:27Z

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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: b54345928fa1 Merge tag 'gfs2-for-6.19-rc6' of git://git.ke..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15f82052580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=87bc41cae23d2144
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=df0b387708573ad096ce
compiler: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=147ef99a580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=109655fa580000

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BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88812944f000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947163
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888129450000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947163
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888129451000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947163
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888129453000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947164
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888129452000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947164
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888129454000 (size 4096):
comm "syz.3.20", pid 6138, jiffies 4294947164
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 02 00 00 00 20 00 00 03 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 8ab58d7d):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3e0/0x660 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1003 [inline]
iovec_from_user lib/iov_iter.c:1321 [inline]
iovec_from_user+0x108/0x140 lib/iov_iter.c:1304
__import_iovec+0x71/0x350 lib/iov_iter.c:1375
io_import_vec io_uring/rw.c:99 [inline]
__io_import_rw_buffer+0x1e2/0x260 io_uring/rw.c:120
io_import_rw_buffer io_uring/rw.c:139 [inline]
io_rw_do_import io_uring/rw.c:313 [inline]
io_prep_rw+0xb5/0x120 io_uring/rw.c:325
io_prep_rwv io_uring/rw.c:343 [inline]
io_prep_writev+0x23/0x80 io_uring/rw.c:363
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:2235 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:2282 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x40d/0xf40 io_uring/io_uring.c:2435
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x841/0xcf0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3285
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF

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