Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: rcu detected stall in kill

[syzbot]

Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in usb_anchor_urb

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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:132 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x40/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888077fdd310 by task kworker/0:0/9

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Workqueue: events ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_resubmit
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
 __kasan_check_byte+0x2a/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:574
 kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:402 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x79/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:132 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x40/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 usb_anchor_urb+0x2a/0x220 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:130
 ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_resubmit+0xa7/0x1a0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:750
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 9:
 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+0x31c/0x660 mm/slub.c:5380
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
 ath9k_hif_usb_probe+0x364/0xae0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1416
 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:721
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:893
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1021
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1093
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1148
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:613
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3691
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2266
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:721
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:863
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:893
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1021
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1093
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1148
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:613
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3691
 usb_new_device+0xa08/0x16f0 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+0x2a1c/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 6558:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 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:2685 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6165 [inline]
 kfree+0x1c1/0x630 mm/slub.c:6483
 ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect+0x1cf/0x250 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1489
 usb_unbind_interface+0x26e/0x910 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458
 device_remove drivers/base/dd.c:633 [inline]
 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1344 [inline]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x4d9/0x870 drivers/base/dd.c:1367
 bus_remove_device+0x455/0x570 drivers/base/bus.c:657
 device_del+0x527/0x8f0 drivers/base/core.c:3880
 usb_disable_device+0x3d4/0x8d0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1476
 usb_disconnect+0x32f/0x990 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+0x1cc9/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 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 ffff888077fdd000
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
The buggy address is located 784 bytes inside of
 freed 2048-byte region [ffff888077fdd000, ffff888077fdd800)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x77fd8
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 ffff88813fea7000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000800080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000040 ffff88813fea7000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000800080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 00fff00000000003 ffffea0001dff601 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 5176, tgid 5176 (klogd), ts 142953379597, free_ts 142877816667
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x231/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:1889
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1897 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24dc/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3962
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5250
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3292 [inline]
 allocate_slab+0x77/0x660 mm/slub.c:3481
 new_slab mm/slub.c:3539 [inline]
 refill_objects+0x331/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:7175
 refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2812 [inline]
 __pcs_replace_empty_main+0x2e6/0x730 mm/slub.c:4615
 alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4717 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4851 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x392/0x660 mm/slub.c:5375
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
 syslog_print+0x103/0x610 kernel/printk/printk.c:1585
 do_syslog+0x583/0x7d0 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+0x7c/0x90 kernel/printk/printk.c:1853
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
page last free pid 50 tgid 50 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1433 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc2b/0xdb0 mm/page_alloc.c:2978
 __slab_free+0x263/0x2b0 mm/slub.c:5573
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x100 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:4538 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x384/0x690 mm/slub.c:4918
 __alloc_skb+0x1d0/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:702
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
 mld_newpack+0x14c/0xc90 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1775
 add_grhead+0x5a/0x2a0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1886
 add_grec+0x1452/0x1740 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2025
 mld_send_initial_cr+0x288/0x550 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2268
 ipv6_mc_dad_complete+0x88/0x540 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2279
 addrconf_dad_completed+0x8a7/0xe60 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4344
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc5e/0x14c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff888077fdd200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888077fdd280: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff888077fdd300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                         ^
 ffff888077fdd380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
 ffff888077fdd400: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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Tested on:

commit:         3aae9383 Merge tag 'input-for-v7.0-rc6' of git://git.k..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1740d9f6580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6754c86e8d9e4c91
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9b95da55ba5146a60734
compiler:       Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
patch:          https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=15ca5d02580000