[syzbot] [audit?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in integrity_audit_message

From: syzbot

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 20:50:56 EST


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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 66fb95a52111 Merge tag 'caps-pr-20260820' of git://git.ker..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1560d549580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=b0978f5ed2905b98
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5ebeb3089ea6439c37be
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=16fb4625580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/e7d9049723b0/disk-66fb95a5.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/a04d6efe59a0/vmlinux-66fb95a5.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/81e3f2b9c049/bzImage-66fb95a5.xz

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BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffdc
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD eb97067 P4D eb97067 PUD eb99067 PMD 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5818 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x30/0xa0 lib/string.c:402
Code: 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 55 48 89 fa 48 89 fd 53 48 c1 ea 03 48 83 ec 08 0f b6 04 02 48 89 fa 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 04 84 c0 75 50 <80> 7d 00 00 74 3d 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 e8 48 83 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d77940 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffffffffdc RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffffff8207fb91 RDI: ffffffffffffffdc
RBP: ffffffffffffffdc R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000000000b7
R10: 00000000000006c0 R11: ffffffff8bc921d3 R12: ffff8880785a84c0
R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 00000000fffffff3 R15: ffffffffffffffdc
FS: 000055555ec16500(0000) GS:ffff888123b86000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffffdc CR3: 0000000075fb6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:218 [inline]
audit_log_untrustedstring+0x19/0x30 kernel/audit.c:2203
integrity_audit_message+0x366/0x4f0 security/integrity/integrity_audit.c:60
integrity_audit_msg+0x41/0x60 security/integrity/integrity_audit.c:32
validate_hash_algo security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c:752 [inline]
ima_inode_setxattr+0x512/0x5f0 security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c:775
security_inode_setxattr+0x2d0/0x560 security/security.c:1940
__vfs_setxattr_locked+0xad/0x2b0 fs/xattr.c:309
vfs_setxattr+0x14a/0x390 fs/xattr.c:344
do_setxattr+0x145/0x180 fs/xattr.c:662
file_setxattr fs/xattr.c:672 [inline]
file_setxattr+0x139/0x1b0 fs/xattr.c:666
path_setxattrat+0x335/0x3b0 fs/xattr.c:732
__do_sys_fsetxattr fs/xattr.c:782 [inline]
__se_sys_fsetxattr fs/xattr.c:779 [inline]
__x64_sys_fsetxattr+0xc5/0x140 fs/xattr.c:779
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f506239e0d9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff3373f938 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000be
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5062625fa0 RCX: 00007f506239e0d9
RDX: 0000200000000380 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f5062435024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5062625fac R14: 00007f5062625fa0 R15: 00007f5062625fa0
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: ffffffffffffffdc
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x30/0xa0 lib/string.c:402
Code: 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 55 48 89 fa 48 89 fd 53 48 c1 ea 03 48 83 ec 08 0f b6 04 02 48 89 fa 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 04 84 c0 75 50 <80> 7d 00 00 74 3d 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 e8 48 83 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d77940 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffffffffdc RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffffff8207fb91 RDI: ffffffffffffffdc
RBP: ffffffffffffffdc R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000000000b7
R10: 00000000000006c0 R11: ffffffff8bc921d3 R12: ffff8880785a84c0
R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 00000000fffffff3 R15: ffffffffffffffdc
FS: 000055555ec16500(0000) GS:ffff888123b86000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffffdc CR3: 0000000075fb6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
0: 00 00 add %al,(%rax)
2: 00 00 add %al,(%rax)
4: 00 fc add %bh,%ah
6: ff lcall (bad)
7: df 55 48 fists 0x48(%rbp)
a: 89 fa mov %edi,%edx
c: 48 89 fd mov %rdi,%rbp
f: 53 push %rbx
10: 48 c1 ea 03 shr $0x3,%rdx
14: 48 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%rsp
18: 0f b6 04 02 movzbl (%rdx,%rax,1),%eax
1c: 48 89 fa mov %rdi,%rdx
1f: 83 e2 07 and $0x7,%edx
22: 38 d0 cmp %dl,%al
24: 7f 04 jg 0x2a
26: 84 c0 test %al,%al
28: 75 50 jne 0x7a
* 2a: 80 7d 00 00 cmpb $0x0,0x0(%rbp) <-- trapping instruction
2e: 74 3d je 0x6d
30: 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rbx
37: fc ff df
3a: 48 89 e8 mov %rbp,%rax
3d: 48 rex.W
3e: 83 .byte 0x83
3f: c0 .byte 0xc0


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