[syzbot] [media?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in cec_transmit_done_ts

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HEAD commit: 11028ab62899 Merge tag 'probes-fixes-v7.2-rc5' of git://gi..
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console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15743632580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=c05be6c9b0d36cb9
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=efc25a706efe03e26b2a
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8

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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cec_transmit_done_ts+0xf08/0x1470 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c:604
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88803354e749 by task vivid_cec-vivid/2119

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 2119 Comm: vivid_cec-vivid Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description+0x55/0x1e0 mm/kasan/report.c:378
print_report+0x58/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
cec_transmit_done_ts+0xf08/0x1470 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c:604
cec_transmit_attempt_done_ts+0x11b/0x140 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c:-1
cec_transmit_attempt_done include/media/cec.h:405 [inline]
vivid_cec_bus_thread+0x116d/0x19e0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-cec.c:207
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>

Allocated by task 1:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x32d/0x660 mm/slub.c:5489
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
cec_allocate_adapter+0xa9/0x690 drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c:240
vivid_cec_alloc_adap+0x104/0x170 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-cec.c:413
vivid_create_instance drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:1988 [inline]
vivid_probe+0x4a28/0x70c0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:2095
platform_probe+0xf9/0x190 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
__driver_attach+0x339/0x600 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
bus_for_each_dev+0x23b/0x2c0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
bus_add_driver+0x345/0x670 drivers/base/bus.c:763
driver_register+0x23a/0x320 drivers/base/driver.c:174
vivid_init+0x590/0x620 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:2296
do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1347
do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1409
do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1425
kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1658
kernel_init+0x1d/0x1d0 init/main.c:1548
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 5327:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2677 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6377 [inline]
kfree+0x1c5/0x640 mm/slub.c:6692
device_release+0xc4/0x1f0 drivers/base/core.c:-1
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x222/0x550 lib/kobject.c:737
vivid_remove+0x297/0xbc0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c:2219
device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:616 [inline]
__device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1349 [inline]
device_release_driver_internal+0x48b/0x880 drivers/base/dd.c:1372
unbind_store+0x1a1/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:244
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88803354e000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096
The buggy address is located 1865 bytes inside of
freed 4096-byte region [ffff88803354e000, ffff88803354f000)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x33548
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x4fff00000000040(head|node=1|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 04fff00000000040 ffff88801b042140 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 04fff00000000040 ffff88801b042140 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000800040004 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 04fff00000000003 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 1, tgid 1 (swapper/0), ts 14598671999, free_ts 13085309881
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0x1f9/0x250 mm/page_alloc.c:1859
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1867 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0x21fa/0x2270 mm/page_alloc.c:3946
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5304
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3266 [inline]
allocate_slab+0x79/0x5e0 mm/slub.c:3380
new_slab mm/slub.c:3426 [inline]
refill_objects+0x2d5/0x350 mm/slub.c:7310
refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2804 [inline]
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2bf/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:4675
alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4773 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4905 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3a7/0x660 mm/slub.c:5485
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
kobject_uevent_env+0x289/0x9e0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:543
device_add+0x544/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3738
netdev_register_kobject+0x178/0x310 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2337
register_netdevice+0x1433/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:11446
init_mac80211_hwsim+0x355/0x3d0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c:7590
do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1347
do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1409
do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1425
kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1658
page last free pid 1063 tgid 1063 stack trace:
reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
__free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1406 [inline]
__free_frozen_pages+0xc1e/0xd10 mm/page_alloc.c:2950
__slab_free+0x274/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:5741
qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
qlist_free_all+0x99/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4584 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x355/0x610 mm/slub.c:4989
alloc_task_struct_node kernel/fork.c:188 [inline]
dup_task_struct+0x52/0x8e0 kernel/fork.c:921
copy_process+0x820/0x4390 kernel/fork.c:2115
kernel_clone+0x2d7/0x940 kernel/fork.c:2748
user_mode_thread+0x110/0x180 kernel/fork.c:2824
call_usermodehelper_exec_work+0x5c/0x230 kernel/umh.c:171
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 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:
ffff88803354e600: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff88803354e680: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88803354e700: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff88803354e780: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff88803354e800: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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