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HEAD commit: dc5c83b7f5f8 Linux 6.1.178
git tree: linux-6.1.y
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kernel config:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=872c04466179833f
dashboard link:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7e7efd143acb9c5131e3
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
userspace arch: arm64
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:116 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in svc_get include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h:108 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x90/0x204 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:640
Write of size 4 at addr ffff0000f3977450 by task syz-executor/4328
CPU: 0 PID: 4328 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x1c4/0x1f0 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165
__dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:88
dump_stack_lvl+0xf4/0x15c lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description+0x88/0x218 mm/kasan/report.c:316
print_report+0x50/0x68 mm/kasan/report.c:420
kasan_report+0xa8/0xfc mm/kasan/report.c:524
check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x258/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
__kasan_check_write+0x2c/0x3c mm/kasan/shadow.c:37
instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:116 [inline]
__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:193 [inline]
__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]
svc_get include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h:108 [inline]
nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x90/0x204 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:640
nfsd_umount+0x48/0xf8 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:1409
deactivate_locked_super+0xb4/0x128 fs/super.c:332
deactivate_super+0xe4/0x104 fs/super.c:363
cleanup_mnt+0x3a8/0x430 fs/namespace.c:1191
__cleanup_mnt+0x20/0x30 fs/namespace.c:1198
task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
do_notify_resume+0x20f8/0x2c84 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1151
prepare_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:137 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:142 [inline]
el0_svc+0x98/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:638
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Allocated by task 4603:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:53
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x24/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xb8 mm/kasan/common.c:384
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
kmalloc_trace+0x7c/0x94 mm/slab_common.c:1031
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:563 [inline]
kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:699 [inline]
__svc_create+0x80/0x89c net/sunrpc/svc.c:464
svc_create_pooled+0x648/0x7d8 net/sunrpc/svc.c:552
nfsd_create_serv+0x284/0x6a4 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:667
__write_ports_addfd fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:716 [inline]
__write_ports fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:791 [inline]
write_ports+0x3b8/0x9f0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:847
nfsctl_transaction_write+0x114/0x164 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
vfs_write+0x2a8/0x7c8 fs/read_write.c:582
ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:637
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
__arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:646
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
el0_svc+0x58/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Freed by task 4603:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:53
kasan_save_free_info+0x38/0x5c mm/kasan/generic.c:516
____kasan_slab_free+0x148/0x1b0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
__kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x28 mm/kasan/common.c:245
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x16c/0x1e8 mm/slub.c:1755
slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
__kmem_cache_free+0xbc/0x21c mm/slub.c:3700
kfree+0xd0/0x1a8 mm/slab_common.c:988
svc_destroy+0x144/0x184 net/sunrpc/svc.c:586
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
svc_put include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h:123 [inline]
__write_ports_addfd fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:728 [inline]
__write_ports fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:791 [inline]
write_ports+0x7dc/0x9f0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:847
nfsctl_transaction_write+0x114/0x164 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
vfs_write+0x2a8/0x7c8 fs/read_write.c:582
ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:637
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
__arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:646
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
el0_svc+0x58/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff0000f3977400
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 80 bytes inside of
512-byte region [ffff0000f3977400, ffff0000f3977600)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:0000000077ee52d3 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x133974
head:0000000077ee52d3 order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x5ffc00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 05ffc00000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff0000c0002600
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff0000f3977300: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff0000f3977380: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff0000f3977400: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff0000f3977480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff0000f3977500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4328 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x134/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:25
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4328 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G B syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 62400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : refcount_warn_saturate+0x134/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:25
lr : refcount_warn_saturate+0x134/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:25
sp : ffff800020a779b0
x29: ffff800020a779b0 x28: ffff0000dd14a900 x27: ffff0000dd14a900
x26: dfff800000000000 x25: 0000000000000002 x24: 0000000000000002
x23: 0000000000000003 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000f3977400
x20: ffff0000f3977450 x19: ffff800017d5d000 x18: 1fffe00033e7277e
x17: ffff80001537d000 x16: ffff800008043b30 x15: ffff00019f393bfc
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1fffe0001ad7fa90 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff60001ad7fa91 x9 : 959fa834eed28c00
x8 : 959fa834eed28c00 x7 : ffff800011cec160 x6 : ffff80000825ab4c
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : ffff800008249818
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000004 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
refcount_warn_saturate+0x134/0x1f8 lib/refcount.c:25
__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline]
__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]
refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]
kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]
svc_get include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h:108 [inline]
nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x188/0x204 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:640
nfsd_umount+0x48/0xf8 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:1409
deactivate_locked_super+0xb4/0x128 fs/super.c:332
deactivate_super+0xe4/0x104 fs/super.c:363
cleanup_mnt+0x3a8/0x430 fs/namespace.c:1191
__cleanup_mnt+0x20/0x30 fs/namespace.c:1198
task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
do_notify_resume+0x20f8/0x2c84 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1151
prepare_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:137 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:142 [inline]
el0_svc+0x98/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:638
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
irq event stamp: 230709
hardirqs last enabled at (230709): [<ffff80000825abe0>] raw_spin_rq_unlock_irq kernel/sched/sched.h:1374 [inline]
hardirqs last enabled at (230709): [<ffff80000825abe0>] finish_lock_switch+0xb0/0x1c8 kernel/sched/core.c:5005
hardirqs last disabled at (230708): [<ffff800011c635b8>] __schedule+0x294/0x1a6c kernel/sched/core.c:6461
softirqs last enabled at (230556): [<ffff800008031254>] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32
softirqs last disabled at (230554): [<ffff800008031220>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000006
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff800000000006] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4328 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G B W syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 02400005 (nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : svc_unregister+0x130/0x624 net/sunrpc/svc.c:1143
lr : svc_unregister+0x120/0x624 net/sunrpc/svc.c:1141
sp : ffff800020a778d0
x29: ffff800020a77900 x28: dfff800000000000 x27: ffff0000cb263e18
x26: ffff0000d6a68000 x25: 0000000000000030 x24: 000000000000001c
x23: ffff0000cb263e14 x22: 1fffe0001964c7c2 x21: ffff0000cb263e00
x20: 1fffe0001964c7c3 x19: 00000000000000e0 x18: 1fffe00033e7277e
x17: ffff80001537d000 x16: ffff800011b90540 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000011b8cc18 x13: 0000000054c68a56 x12: ffff800008021d48
x11: ff00800010f0acf4 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff80001c5fab10
x8 : 0000000000000006 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f
x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : ffff800010f0ab54
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000008 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
svc_unregister+0x130/0x624 net/sunrpc/svc.c:1143
svc_rpcb_cleanup+0x28/0x40 net/sunrpc/svc.c:407
nfsd_last_thread+0x114/0x2e4 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:560
nfsd_shutdown_threads+0xe4/0x204 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:643
nfsd_umount+0x48/0xf8 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:1409
deactivate_locked_super+0xb4/0x128 fs/super.c:332
deactivate_super+0xe4/0x104 fs/super.c:363
cleanup_mnt+0x3a8/0x430 fs/namespace.c:1191
__cleanup_mnt+0x20/0x30 fs/namespace.c:1198
task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
do_notify_resume+0x20f8/0x2c84 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1151
prepare_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:137 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:142 [inline]
el0_svc+0x98/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:638
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: f8736b28 b4000148 91007119 d343ff28 (38fc6908)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
0: f8736b28 ldr x8, [x25, x19]
4: b4000148 cbz x8, 0x2c
8: 91007119 add x25, x8, #0x1c
c: d343ff28 lsr x8, x25, #3
* 10: 38fc6908 ldrsb w8, [x8, x28] <-- trapping instruction