[BUG] afs: ERR_PTR dereference in afs_lookup_server() error path
From: Farhad Alemi
Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 18:37:29 EST
Hello David and Marc,
While fuzzing Linux 7.1-rc5 with syzkaller, as part of research at ASU's
SEFCOM lab, we hit the crash below. Crash reports can be found here:
https://github.com/farhad-alemi/public_bug_reports/tree/main/104-afs-err_ptr-deref-afs_put_addrlist/
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffff9f
RIP: 0010:afs_put_addrlist+0x43/0x250 fs/afs/addr_list.c:38
afs_lookup_server+0xd3f/0x1020 fs/afs/server.c:243
afs_alloc_server_list+0x800/0x11a0 fs/afs/server_list.c:82
afs_create_volume+0x995/0x1290 fs/afs/volume.c:227
afs_get_tree+0x955/0x10b0 fs/afs/super.c:555
Our reproducer.c is available upon request.
Happy to test a patch if that would help.
Regards,