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Downloadable assets: disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/634e430ffbca/disk-1a3746cc.raw.xz vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/b11553afbbe2/vmlinux-1a3746cc.xz kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/1fa9342aa2a9/bzImage-1a3746cc.xz IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit: Reported-by: syzbot+cb7ed9d85261445a0201@syzkaller.appspotmail.com ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ath9k_hif_request_firmware+0x416/0x450 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1219 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888053c45000 by task kworker/1:8/11284 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11284 Comm: kworker/1:8 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func Call Trace: __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 ath9k_hif_request_firmware+0x416/0x450 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1219 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x3f9/0x530 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1237 request_firmware_work_func+0x13f/0x440 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1164 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 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 Allocated by task 11281: 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 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:969 [inline] _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1286 [inline] ath9k_hif_usb_probe+0x30e/0x830 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1369 usb_probe_interface+0x303/0x8f0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 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 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:1026 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1098 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:620 device_add+0x121d/0x1970 drivers/base/core.c:3772 usb_set_configuration+0xd97/0x1c60 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2268 usb_generic_driver_probe+0xa1/0xe0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250 usb_probe_device+0xef/0x400 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291 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 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:1026 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1098 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:620 device_add+0x121d/0x1970 drivers/base/core.c:3772 usb_new_device.cold+0x685/0x115c drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline] hub_event+0x314d/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 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 Freed by task 5704: 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:2700 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6310 [inline] kfree+0x22b/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:6625 ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect+0x207/0x3c0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1439 usb_unbind_interface+0x1dd/0x9e0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:618 [inline] device_remove+0x12a/0x180 drivers/base/dd.c:610 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1349 [inline] device_release_driver_internal+0x44e/0x620 drivers/base/dd.c:1372 bus_remove_device+0x2bc/0x560 drivers/base/bus.c:664 device_del+0x376/0x9b0 drivers/base/core.c:3961 usb_disable_device+0x367/0x810 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1478 usb_disconnect+0x2e2/0x9a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2345 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5407 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline] hub_event+0x1d0c/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 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 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888053c45000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of freed 2048-byte region [ffff888053c45000, ffff888053c45800) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x53c40 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 flags: 0xfff00000000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813fe40000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813fe40000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 head: 0000000000000000 0000000800080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 00fff00000000003 fffffffffffffe01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff head: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner tracks the page as allocated page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd20c0(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 4965, tgid 4965 (klogd), ts 316220316300, free_ts 316211784975 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:3289 [inline] allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3404 [inline] new_slab+0xa2/0x670 mm/slub.c:3447 refill_objects+0xe3/0x430 mm/slub.c:7241 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2827 [inline] __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x375/0x660 mm/slub.c:4692 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4790 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4924 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x48d/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:5446 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:969 [inline] syslog_print+0xf8/0x620 kernel/printk/printk.c:1585 do_syslog+0x5bd/0x6d0 kernel/printk/printk.c:1763 __do_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1855 [inline] __se_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1853 [inline] __x64_sys_syslog+0x74/0xb0 kernel/printk/printk.c:1853 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 page last free pid 11284 tgid 11284 stack trace: reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline] __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1406 [inline] free_pages_prepare+0x586/0xd80 mm/page_alloc.c:1451 __free_contig_range_common+0x14f/0x250 mm/page_alloc.c:6895 __free_contig_range mm/page_alloc.c:6940 [inline] free_pages_bulk+0x12a/0x200 mm/page_alloc.c:5257 vm_area_free_pages+0xad/0x2b0 mm/vmalloc.c:3439 vfree mm/vmalloc.c:3488 [inline] vfree+0x107/0x750 mm/vmalloc.c:3462 delayed_vfree_work+0x56/0x80 mm/vmalloc.c:3392 process_one_work+0xa23/0x1940 kernel/workqueue.c:3322 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3405 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 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 Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888053c44f00: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff888053c44f80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >ffff888053c45000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff888053c45080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888053c45100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ================================================================== --- This report is generated by a bot. 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