[Linux Kernel Bugs] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in dvb_device_open and 6 other issues in dvb subsystem

From: Jiaming Zhang

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 04:03:22 EST


Dear Linux kernel developers and maintainers,

We are writing to report 7 issues discovered in the dvb subsystem with
our generated syzkaller specifications. Below are the details of these
issues:

(1) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in dvb_device_open (reproducer: c, syz)
(2) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_release (reproducer: syz)
(3) possible deadlock in dvb_dvr_release (reproducer: c, syz)
(4) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_thread
(5) KFENCE: use-after-free read in dvb_frontend_release
(6) WARNING: still has locks held in _dmxdev_lock
(7) WARNING: bad unlock balance in _dmxdev_unlock

Here is our analysis:

## (1) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Write in dvb_device_open

The root cause is double put. In dvb_device_open(), the refcount is
decreased (via put) when the open operation fails [1]. However, in
dvb_frontend_open(), put will also be called in dvb_generic_release()
if dvb_frontend_start() failed. Such process can lead to double put
and use-after-free.

[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc4/source/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c#L113

## (2) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_release

The root cause is that in concurrent scenarios, the kernel attempts to
access dvbdev->users after dvbdev has already been freed [2].

[2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc4/source/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c#L2916

## (3) possible deadlock in dvb_dvr_release

The root cause is lock imbalance. Call chain is as follows:

dvb_vb2_dqbuf() ->
vb2_core_dqbuf() ->
__vb2_get_done_vb() ->
__vb2_wait_for_done_vb() ->
_dmxdev_lock() (call_void_qop(q, wait_finish, q)) ->
mutex_lock()

ctx->mutex is locked during this process, but if the return value of
vb2_core_dqbuf() is not zero, ctx->mutex will not be unlocked [3].
When the task exits and calls dvb_dvr_release(), the function attempts
to acquire dmxdev->lock, lockdep detects that ctx->mutex is still
held, violating the locking order and reporting possible deadlock.

[3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc4/source/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c#L415-L419

A potentail solution is to protect vb2_core_dqbuf() with mutex, e.g.

```
int dvb_vb2_dqbuf(struct dvb_vb2_ctx *ctx, struct dmx_buffer *b)
{
unsigned long flags;
int ret;

+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
ret = vb2_core_dqbuf(&ctx->vb_q, &b->index, b, ctx->nonblocking);
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
if (ret) ...
}
```

If this solution is acceptable, we would be happy to submit a patch :)

## Other issues

Unfortunately we do not have reproducers for other issues currently.
We have attached kernel console output to help with analysis and offer
our preliminary findings:

(4) KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in dvb_frontend_thread: in
concurrent scenarios, kernel accesses fepriv->wait_queue after dvbdev
is freed [4]. Would adding a refcount for dvbdec to fix this?

(5) KFENCE: use-after-free read in dvb_frontend_release: similar to (2).

(6) WARNING: still has locks held in _dmxdev_lock: it seems a branch
in dvb_dvr_do_ioctl() might be acquiring a lock but failing to release
it?

(7) WARNING: bad unlock balance in _dmxdev_unlock: in call chain like
dvb_dvr_do_ioctl() -> dvb_vb2_dqbuf(), kernel misjudge lock state and
attempt to unlock an already unlocked lock?

[4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc4/source/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c#L682-L685

You can refer to [5] to reproduce issues using syz programs. We also
provide our generated specs to help with running of syz program.

[5] https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/reproducing_crashes.md#using-a-syz-reproducer

Please let me know if any further information is required.

Best Regards,
Jiaming Zhang
// autogenerated by syzkaller (https://github.com/google/syzkaller)

#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include <dirent.h>
#include <endian.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

static void sleep_ms(uint64_t ms)
{
usleep(ms * 1000);
}

static uint64_t current_time_ms(void)
{
struct timespec ts;
if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
exit(1);
return (uint64_t)ts.tv_sec * 1000 + (uint64_t)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000;
}

static bool write_file(const char* file, const char* what, ...)
{
char buf[1024];
va_list args;
va_start(args, what);
vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), what, args);
va_end(args);
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
int len = strlen(buf);
int fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
if (fd == -1)
return false;
if (write(fd, buf, len) != len) {
int err = errno;
close(fd);
errno = err;
return false;
}
close(fd);
return true;
}

static long syz_open_dev(volatile long a0, volatile long a1, volatile long a2)
{
if (a0 == 0xc || a0 == 0xb) {
char buf[128];
sprintf(buf, "/dev/%s/%d:%d", a0 == 0xc ? "char" : "block", (uint8_t)a1, (uint8_t)a2);
return open(buf, O_RDWR, 0);
} else {
unsigned long nb = a1;
char buf[1024];
char* hash;
strncpy(buf, (char*)a0, sizeof(buf) - 1);
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
while ((hash = strchr(buf, '#'))) {
*hash = '0' + (char)(nb % 10);
nb /= 10;
}
return open(buf, a2 & ~O_CREAT, 0);
}
}

static void kill_and_wait(int pid, int* status)
{
kill(-pid, SIGKILL);
kill(pid, SIGKILL);
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
if (waitpid(-1, status, WNOHANG | __WALL) == pid)
return;
usleep(1000);
}
DIR* dir = opendir("/sys/fs/fuse/connections");
if (dir) {
for (;;) {
struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir);
if (!ent)
break;
if (strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") == 0)
continue;
char abort[300];
snprintf(abort, sizeof(abort), "/sys/fs/fuse/connections/%s/abort", ent->d_name);
int fd = open(abort, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
continue;
}
if (write(fd, abort, 1) < 0) {
}
close(fd);
}
closedir(dir);
} else {
}
while (waitpid(-1, status, __WALL) != pid) {
}
}

static void setup_test()
{
prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL, 0, 0, 0);
setpgrp();
write_file("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", "1000");
}

static void execute_one(void);

#define WAIT_FLAGS __WALL

static void loop(void)
{
int iter = 0;
for (;; iter++) {
int pid = fork();
if (pid < 0)
exit(1);
if (pid == 0) {
setup_test();
execute_one();
exit(0);
}
int status = 0;
uint64_t start = current_time_ms();
for (;;) {
sleep_ms(10);
if (waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG | WAIT_FLAGS) == pid)
break;
if (current_time_ms() - start < 5000)
continue;
kill_and_wait(pid, &status);
break;
}
}
}

uint64_t r[1] = {0xffffffffffffffff};

void execute_one(void)
{
intptr_t res = 0;
if (write(1, "executing program\n", sizeof("executing program\n") - 1)) {}
// syz_open_dev$dvb_dvr arguments: [
// dev: ptr[in, buffer] {
// buffer: {2f 64 65 76 2f 64 76 62 2f 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 23 2f 64 76 72 23 00} (length 0x17)
// }
// id: intptr = 0x0 (8 bytes)
// flags: open_flags = 0x121082 (8 bytes)
// ]
// returns fd_dvb_dvr
memcpy((void*)0x200000000000, "/dev/dvb/adapter#/dvr#\000", 23);
res = -1;
res = syz_open_dev(/*dev=*/0x200000000000, /*id=*/0, /*flags=O_SYNC|O_NOFOLLOW|O_EXCL|O_RDWR*/0x121082);
if (res != -1)
r[0] = res;
// ioctl$DVB_DVR_DMX_REQBUFS arguments: [
// fd: fd_dvb_dvr (resource)
// cmd: const = 0xc0086f3c (4 bytes)
// arg: ptr[inout, dmx_requestbuffers] {
// dmx_requestbuffers {
// count: int32 = 0x9 (4 bytes)
// size: int32 = 0x2 (4 bytes)
// }
// }
// ]
*(uint32_t*)0x200000000040 = 9;
*(uint32_t*)0x200000000044 = 2;
syscall(__NR_ioctl, /*fd=*/r[0], /*cmd=*/0xc0086f3c, /*arg=*/0x200000000040ul);
// ioctl$DVB_DVR_DMX_QBUF arguments: [
// fd: fd_dvb_dvr (resource)
// cmd: const = 0xc0186f3f (4 bytes)
// arg: ptr[inout, dmx_buffer] {
// dmx_buffer {
// index: int32 = 0x8 (4 bytes)
// bytesused: int32 = 0x6 (4 bytes)
// flags: int32 = 0x9 (4 bytes)
// }
// }
// ]
*(uint32_t*)0x200000000280 = 8;
*(uint32_t*)0x200000000284 = 6;
*(uint32_t*)0x200000000288 = 9;
syscall(__NR_ioctl, /*fd=*/r[0], /*cmd=*/0xc0186f3f, /*arg=*/0x200000000280ul);
// ioctl$DVB_DVR_DMX_DQBUF arguments: [
// fd: fd_dvb_dvr (resource)
// cmd: const = 0xc0186f40 (4 bytes)
// arg: ptr[inout, dmx_buffer] {
// dmx_buffer {
// index: int32 = 0xfffff027 (4 bytes)
// bytesused: int32 = 0xa1 (4 bytes)
// flags: int32 = 0x7f (4 bytes)
// }
// }
// ]
*(uint32_t*)0x2000000003c0 = 0xfffff027;
*(uint32_t*)0x2000000003c4 = 0xa1;
*(uint32_t*)0x2000000003c8 = 0x7f;
syscall(__NR_ioctl, /*fd=*/r[0], /*cmd=*/0xc0186f40, /*arg=*/0x2000000003c0ul);

}
int main(void)
{
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x1ffffffff000ul, /*len=*/0x1000ul, /*prot=*/0ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x200000000000ul, /*len=*/0x1000000ul, /*prot=PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC*/7ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x200001000000ul, /*len=*/0x1000ul, /*prot=*/0ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
const char* reason;
(void)reason;
loop();
return 0;
}

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// autogenerated by syzkaller (https://github.com/google/syzkaller)

#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <endian.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/swap.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/falloc.h>
#include <linux/futex.h>
#include <linux/genetlink.h>
#include <linux/if_addr.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_link.h>
#include <linux/in6.h>
#include <linux/neighbour.h>
#include <linux/net.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/nl80211.h>
#include <linux/rfkill.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/veth.h>

static unsigned long long procid;

static void sleep_ms(uint64_t ms)
{
usleep(ms * 1000);
}

static uint64_t current_time_ms(void)
{
struct timespec ts;
if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
exit(1);
return (uint64_t)ts.tv_sec * 1000 + (uint64_t)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000;
}

static void use_temporary_dir(void)
{
char tmpdir_template[] = "./syzkaller.XXXXXX";
char* tmpdir = mkdtemp(tmpdir_template);
if (!tmpdir)
exit(1);
if (chmod(tmpdir, 0777))
exit(1);
if (chdir(tmpdir))
exit(1);
}

static void thread_start(void* (*fn)(void*), void* arg)
{
pthread_t th;
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_attr_init(&attr);
pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, 128 << 10);
int i = 0;
for (; i < 100; i++) {
if (pthread_create(&th, &attr, fn, arg) == 0) {
pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
return;
}
if (errno == EAGAIN) {
usleep(50);
continue;
}
break;
}
exit(1);
}

typedef struct {
int state;
} event_t;

static void event_init(event_t* ev)
{
ev->state = 0;
}

static void event_reset(event_t* ev)
{
ev->state = 0;
}

static void event_set(event_t* ev)
{
if (ev->state)
exit(1);
__atomic_store_n(&ev->state, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
syscall(SYS_futex, &ev->state, FUTEX_WAKE | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG, 1000000);
}

static void event_wait(event_t* ev)
{
while (!__atomic_load_n(&ev->state, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE))
syscall(SYS_futex, &ev->state, FUTEX_WAIT | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG, 0, 0);
}

static int event_isset(event_t* ev)
{
return __atomic_load_n(&ev->state, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
}

static int event_timedwait(event_t* ev, uint64_t timeout)
{
uint64_t start = current_time_ms();
uint64_t now = start;
for (;;) {
uint64_t remain = timeout - (now - start);
struct timespec ts;
ts.tv_sec = remain / 1000;
ts.tv_nsec = (remain % 1000) * 1000 * 1000;
syscall(SYS_futex, &ev->state, FUTEX_WAIT | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG, 0, &ts);
if (__atomic_load_n(&ev->state, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE))
return 1;
now = current_time_ms();
if (now - start > timeout)
return 0;
}
}

static bool write_file(const char* file, const char* what, ...)
{
char buf[1024];
va_list args;
va_start(args, what);
vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), what, args);
va_end(args);
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
int len = strlen(buf);
int fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
if (fd == -1)
return false;
if (write(fd, buf, len) != len) {
int err = errno;
close(fd);
errno = err;
return false;
}
close(fd);
return true;
}

struct nlmsg {
char* pos;
int nesting;
struct nlattr* nested[8];
char buf[4096];
};

static void netlink_init(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int typ, int flags,
const void* data, int size)
{
memset(nlmsg, 0, sizeof(*nlmsg));
struct nlmsghdr* hdr = (struct nlmsghdr*)nlmsg->buf;
hdr->nlmsg_type = typ;
hdr->nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK | flags;
memcpy(hdr + 1, data, size);
nlmsg->pos = (char*)(hdr + 1) + NLMSG_ALIGN(size);
}

static void netlink_attr(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int typ,
const void* data, int size)
{
struct nlattr* attr = (struct nlattr*)nlmsg->pos;
attr->nla_len = sizeof(*attr) + size;
attr->nla_type = typ;
if (size > 0)
memcpy(attr + 1, data, size);
nlmsg->pos += NLMSG_ALIGN(attr->nla_len);
}

static int netlink_send_ext(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock,
uint16_t reply_type, int* reply_len, bool dofail)
{
if (nlmsg->pos > nlmsg->buf + sizeof(nlmsg->buf) || nlmsg->nesting)
exit(1);
struct nlmsghdr* hdr = (struct nlmsghdr*)nlmsg->buf;
hdr->nlmsg_len = nlmsg->pos - nlmsg->buf;
struct sockaddr_nl addr;
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
ssize_t n = sendto(sock, nlmsg->buf, hdr->nlmsg_len, 0, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr));
if (n != (ssize_t)hdr->nlmsg_len) {
if (dofail)
exit(1);
return -1;
}
n = recv(sock, nlmsg->buf, sizeof(nlmsg->buf), 0);
if (reply_len)
*reply_len = 0;
if (n < 0) {
if (dofail)
exit(1);
return -1;
}
if (n < (ssize_t)sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)) {
errno = EINVAL;
if (dofail)
exit(1);
return -1;
}
if (hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
return 0;
if (reply_len && hdr->nlmsg_type == reply_type) {
*reply_len = n;
return 0;
}
if (n < (ssize_t)(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct nlmsgerr))) {
errno = EINVAL;
if (dofail)
exit(1);
return -1;
}
if (hdr->nlmsg_type != NLMSG_ERROR) {
errno = EINVAL;
if (dofail)
exit(1);
return -1;
}
errno = -((struct nlmsgerr*)(hdr + 1))->error;
return -errno;
}

static int netlink_send(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock)
{
return netlink_send_ext(nlmsg, sock, 0, NULL, true);
}

static int netlink_query_family_id(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock, const char* family_name, bool dofail)
{
struct genlmsghdr genlhdr;
memset(&genlhdr, 0, sizeof(genlhdr));
genlhdr.cmd = CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY;
netlink_init(nlmsg, GENL_ID_CTRL, 0, &genlhdr, sizeof(genlhdr));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME, family_name, strnlen(family_name, GENL_NAMSIZ - 1) + 1);
int n = 0;
int err = netlink_send_ext(nlmsg, sock, GENL_ID_CTRL, &n, dofail);
if (err < 0) {
return -1;
}
uint16_t id = 0;
struct nlattr* attr = (struct nlattr*)(nlmsg->buf + NLMSG_HDRLEN + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(genlhdr)));
for (; (char*)attr < nlmsg->buf + n; attr = (struct nlattr*)((char*)attr + NLMSG_ALIGN(attr->nla_len))) {
if (attr->nla_type == CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID) {
id = *(uint16_t*)(attr + 1);
break;
}
}
if (!id) {
errno = EINVAL;
return -1;
}
recv(sock, nlmsg->buf, sizeof(nlmsg->buf), 0);
return id;
}

static struct nlmsg nlmsg;

#define WIFI_INITIAL_DEVICE_COUNT 2
#define WIFI_MAC_BASE { 0x08, 0x02, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}
#define WIFI_IBSS_BSSID { 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50}
#define WIFI_IBSS_SSID { 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10}
#define WIFI_DEFAULT_FREQUENCY 2412
#define WIFI_DEFAULT_SIGNAL 0
#define WIFI_DEFAULT_RX_RATE 1
#define HWSIM_CMD_REGISTER 1
#define HWSIM_CMD_FRAME 2
#define HWSIM_CMD_NEW_RADIO 4
#define HWSIM_ATTR_SUPPORT_P2P_DEVICE 14
#define HWSIM_ATTR_PERM_ADDR 22

#define IF_OPER_UP 6
struct join_ibss_props {
int wiphy_freq;
bool wiphy_freq_fixed;
uint8_t* mac;
uint8_t* ssid;
int ssid_len;
};

static int set_interface_state(const char* interface_name, int on)
{
struct ifreq ifr;
int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
if (sock < 0) {
return -1;
}
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface_name);
int ret = ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr);
if (ret < 0) {
close(sock);
return -1;
}
if (on)
ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP;
else
ifr.ifr_flags &= ~IFF_UP;
ret = ioctl(sock, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr);
close(sock);
if (ret < 0) {
return -1;
}
return 0;
}

static int nl80211_set_interface(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock, int nl80211_family, uint32_t ifindex,
uint32_t iftype, bool dofail)
{
struct genlmsghdr genlhdr;
memset(&genlhdr, 0, sizeof(genlhdr));
genlhdr.cmd = NL80211_CMD_SET_INTERFACE;
netlink_init(nlmsg, nl80211_family, 0, &genlhdr, sizeof(genlhdr));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, &ifindex, sizeof(ifindex));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE, &iftype, sizeof(iftype));
int err = netlink_send_ext(nlmsg, sock, 0, NULL, dofail);
if (err < 0) {
}
return err;
}

static int nl80211_join_ibss(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock, int nl80211_family, uint32_t ifindex,
struct join_ibss_props* props, bool dofail)
{
struct genlmsghdr genlhdr;
memset(&genlhdr, 0, sizeof(genlhdr));
genlhdr.cmd = NL80211_CMD_JOIN_IBSS;
netlink_init(nlmsg, nl80211_family, 0, &genlhdr, sizeof(genlhdr));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, &ifindex, sizeof(ifindex));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_SSID, props->ssid, props->ssid_len);
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, &(props->wiphy_freq), sizeof(props->wiphy_freq));
if (props->mac)
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, props->mac, ETH_ALEN);
if (props->wiphy_freq_fixed)
netlink_attr(nlmsg, NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_FIXED, NULL, 0);
int err = netlink_send_ext(nlmsg, sock, 0, NULL, dofail);
if (err < 0) {
}
return err;
}

static int get_ifla_operstate(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int ifindex, bool dofail)
{
struct ifinfomsg info;
memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
info.ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
info.ifi_index = ifindex;
int sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
if (sock == -1) {
return -1;
}
netlink_init(nlmsg, RTM_GETLINK, 0, &info, sizeof(info));
int n;
int err = netlink_send_ext(nlmsg, sock, RTM_NEWLINK, &n, dofail);
close(sock);
if (err) {
return -1;
}
struct rtattr* attr = IFLA_RTA(NLMSG_DATA(nlmsg->buf));
for (; RTA_OK(attr, n); attr = RTA_NEXT(attr, n)) {
if (attr->rta_type == IFLA_OPERSTATE)
return *((int32_t*)RTA_DATA(attr));
}
return -1;
}

static int await_ifla_operstate(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, char* interface, int operstate, bool dofail)
{
int ifindex = if_nametoindex(interface);
while (true) {
usleep(1000);
int ret = get_ifla_operstate(nlmsg, ifindex, dofail);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
if (ret == operstate)
return 0;
}
return 0;
}

static int nl80211_setup_ibss_interface(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock, int nl80211_family_id, char* interface,
struct join_ibss_props* ibss_props, bool dofail)
{
int ifindex = if_nametoindex(interface);
if (ifindex == 0) {
return -1;
}
int ret = nl80211_set_interface(nlmsg, sock, nl80211_family_id, ifindex, NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC, dofail);
if (ret < 0) {
return -1;
}
ret = set_interface_state(interface, 1);
if (ret < 0) {
return -1;
}
ret = nl80211_join_ibss(nlmsg, sock, nl80211_family_id, ifindex, ibss_props, dofail);
if (ret < 0) {
return -1;
}
return 0;
}

static int hwsim80211_create_device(struct nlmsg* nlmsg, int sock, int hwsim_family, uint8_t mac_addr[ETH_ALEN])
{
struct genlmsghdr genlhdr;
memset(&genlhdr, 0, sizeof(genlhdr));
genlhdr.cmd = HWSIM_CMD_NEW_RADIO;
netlink_init(nlmsg, hwsim_family, 0, &genlhdr, sizeof(genlhdr));
netlink_attr(nlmsg, HWSIM_ATTR_SUPPORT_P2P_DEVICE, NULL, 0);
netlink_attr(nlmsg, HWSIM_ATTR_PERM_ADDR, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
int err = netlink_send(nlmsg, sock);
if (err < 0) {
}
return err;
}

static void initialize_wifi_devices(void)
{
int rfkill = open("/dev/rfkill", O_RDWR);
if (rfkill == -1)
exit(1);
struct rfkill_event event = {0};
event.type = RFKILL_TYPE_ALL;
event.op = RFKILL_OP_CHANGE_ALL;
if (write(rfkill, &event, sizeof(event)) != (ssize_t)(sizeof(event)))
exit(1);
close(rfkill);
uint8_t mac_addr[6] = WIFI_MAC_BASE;
int sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_GENERIC);
if (sock < 0)
exit(1);
int hwsim_family_id = netlink_query_family_id(&nlmsg, sock, "MAC80211_HWSIM", true);
int nl80211_family_id = netlink_query_family_id(&nlmsg, sock, "nl80211", true);
if (hwsim_family_id < 0 || nl80211_family_id < 0)
exit(1);
uint8_t ssid[] = WIFI_IBSS_SSID;
uint8_t bssid[] = WIFI_IBSS_BSSID;
struct join_ibss_props ibss_props = {
.wiphy_freq = WIFI_DEFAULT_FREQUENCY, .wiphy_freq_fixed = true, .mac = bssid, .ssid = ssid, .ssid_len = sizeof(ssid)};
for (int device_id = 0; device_id < WIFI_INITIAL_DEVICE_COUNT; device_id++) {
mac_addr[5] = device_id;
int ret = hwsim80211_create_device(&nlmsg, sock, hwsim_family_id, mac_addr);
if (ret < 0)
exit(1);
char interface[6] = "wlan0";
interface[4] += device_id;
if (nl80211_setup_ibss_interface(&nlmsg, sock, nl80211_family_id, interface, &ibss_props, true) < 0)
exit(1);
}
for (int device_id = 0; device_id < WIFI_INITIAL_DEVICE_COUNT; device_id++) {
char interface[6] = "wlan0";
interface[4] += device_id;
int ret = await_ifla_operstate(&nlmsg, interface, IF_OPER_UP, true);
if (ret < 0)
exit(1);
}
close(sock);
}

static int runcmdline(char* cmdline)
{
int ret = system(cmdline);
if (ret) {
}
return ret;
}

#define MAX_FDS 30

static long syz_open_dev(volatile long a0, volatile long a1, volatile long a2)
{
if (a0 == 0xc || a0 == 0xb) {
char buf[128];
sprintf(buf, "/dev/%s/%d:%d", a0 == 0xc ? "char" : "block", (uint8_t)a1, (uint8_t)a2);
return open(buf, O_RDWR, 0);
} else {
unsigned long nb = a1;
char buf[1024];
char* hash;
strncpy(buf, (char*)a0, sizeof(buf) - 1);
buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = 0;
while ((hash = strchr(buf, '#'))) {
*hash = '0' + (char)(nb % 10);
nb /= 10;
}
return open(buf, a2 & ~O_CREAT, 0);
}
}

static void setup_gadgetfs();
static void setup_binderfs();
static void setup_fusectl();
static void sandbox_common_mount_tmpfs(void)
{
write_file("/proc/sys/fs/mount-max", "100000");
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp", 0777))
exit(1);
if (mount("", "./syz-tmp", "tmpfs", 0, NULL))
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot", 0777))
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot/dev", 0700))
exit(1);
unsigned bind_mount_flags = MS_BIND | MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE;
if (mount("/dev", "./syz-tmp/newroot/dev", NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL))
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot/proc", 0700))
exit(1);
if (mount("syz-proc", "./syz-tmp/newroot/proc", "proc", 0, NULL))
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot/selinux", 0700))
exit(1);
const char* selinux_path = "./syz-tmp/newroot/selinux";
if (mount("/selinux", selinux_path, NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL)) {
if (errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
if (mount("/sys/fs/selinux", selinux_path, NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL) && errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
}
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot/sys", 0700))
exit(1);
if (mount("/sys", "./syz-tmp/newroot/sys", 0, bind_mount_flags, NULL))
exit(1);
if (mount("/sys/kernel/debug", "./syz-tmp/newroot/sys/kernel/debug", NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL) && errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
if (mount("/sys/fs/smackfs", "./syz-tmp/newroot/sys/fs/smackfs", NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL) && errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
if (mount("/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc", "./syz-tmp/newroot/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc", NULL, bind_mount_flags, NULL) && errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/newroot/syz-inputs", 0700))
exit(1);
if (mount("/syz-inputs", "./syz-tmp/newroot/syz-inputs", NULL, bind_mount_flags | MS_RDONLY, NULL) && errno != ENOENT)
exit(1);
if (mkdir("./syz-tmp/pivot", 0777))
exit(1);
if (syscall(SYS_pivot_root, "./syz-tmp", "./syz-tmp/pivot")) {
if (chdir("./syz-tmp"))
exit(1);
} else {
if (chdir("/"))
exit(1);
if (umount2("./pivot", MNT_DETACH))
exit(1);
}
if (chroot("./newroot"))
exit(1);
if (chdir("/"))
exit(1);
setup_gadgetfs();
setup_binderfs();
setup_fusectl();
}

static void setup_gadgetfs()
{
if (mkdir("/dev/gadgetfs", 0777)) {
}
if (mount("gadgetfs", "/dev/gadgetfs", "gadgetfs", 0, NULL)) {
}
}

static void setup_fusectl()
{
if (mount(0, "/sys/fs/fuse/connections", "fusectl", 0, 0)) {
}
}

static void setup_binderfs()
{
if (mkdir("/dev/binderfs", 0777)) {
}
if (mount("binder", "/dev/binderfs", "binder", 0, NULL)) {
}
}

static void loop();

static void sandbox_common()
{
prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL, 0, 0, 0);
if (getppid() == 1)
exit(1);
struct rlimit rlim;
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = (200 << 20);
setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &rlim);
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 32 << 20;
setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim);
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 136 << 20;
setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim);
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 1 << 20;
setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rlim);
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 128 << 20;
setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 256;
setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS)) {
}
if (mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL)) {
}
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC)) {
}
if (unshare(0x02000000)) {
}
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUTS)) {
}
if (unshare(CLONE_SYSVSEM)) {
}
typedef struct {
const char* name;
const char* value;
} sysctl_t;
static const sysctl_t sysctls[] = {
{"/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", "16777216"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", "536870912"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/shmmni", "1024"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/msgmax", "8192"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/msgmni", "1024"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/msgmnb", "1024"},
{"/proc/sys/kernel/sem", "1024 1048576 500 1024"},
};
unsigned i;
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(sysctls) / sizeof(sysctls[0]); i++)
write_file(sysctls[i].name, sysctls[i].value);
}

static int wait_for_loop(int pid)
{
if (pid < 0)
exit(1);
int status = 0;
while (waitpid(-1, &status, __WALL) != pid) {
}
return WEXITSTATUS(status);
}

static void drop_caps(void)
{
struct __user_cap_header_struct cap_hdr = {};
struct __user_cap_data_struct cap_data[2] = {};
cap_hdr.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3;
cap_hdr.pid = getpid();
if (syscall(SYS_capget, &cap_hdr, &cap_data))
exit(1);
const int drop = (1 << CAP_SYS_PTRACE) | (1 << CAP_SYS_NICE);
cap_data[0].effective &= ~drop;
cap_data[0].permitted &= ~drop;
cap_data[0].inheritable &= ~drop;
if (syscall(SYS_capset, &cap_hdr, &cap_data))
exit(1);
}

static int do_sandbox_none(void)
{
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWPID)) {
}
int pid = fork();
if (pid != 0)
return wait_for_loop(pid);
sandbox_common();
drop_caps();
if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET)) {
}
write_file("/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range", "0 65535");
initialize_wifi_devices();
sandbox_common_mount_tmpfs();
loop();
exit(1);
}

#define FS_IOC_SETFLAGS _IOW('f', 2, long)
static void remove_dir(const char* dir)
{
int iter = 0;
DIR* dp = 0;
const int umount_flags = MNT_FORCE | UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW;

retry:
while (umount2(dir, umount_flags) == 0) {
}
dp = opendir(dir);
if (dp == NULL) {
if (errno == EMFILE) {
exit(1);
}
exit(1);
}
struct dirent* ep = 0;
while ((ep = readdir(dp))) {
if (strcmp(ep->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ep->d_name, "..") == 0)
continue;
char filename[FILENAME_MAX];
snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/%s", dir, ep->d_name);
while (umount2(filename, umount_flags) == 0) {
}
struct stat st;
if (lstat(filename, &st))
exit(1);
if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
remove_dir(filename);
continue;
}
int i;
for (i = 0;; i++) {
if (unlink(filename) == 0)
break;
if (errno == EPERM) {
int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
if (fd != -1) {
long flags = 0;
if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags) == 0) {
}
close(fd);
continue;
}
}
if (errno == EROFS) {
break;
}
if (errno != EBUSY || i > 100)
exit(1);
if (umount2(filename, umount_flags))
exit(1);
}
}
closedir(dp);
for (int i = 0;; i++) {
if (rmdir(dir) == 0)
break;
if (i < 100) {
if (errno == EPERM) {
int fd = open(dir, O_RDONLY);
if (fd != -1) {
long flags = 0;
if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags) == 0) {
}
close(fd);
continue;
}
}
if (errno == EROFS) {
break;
}
if (errno == EBUSY) {
if (umount2(dir, umount_flags))
exit(1);
continue;
}
if (errno == ENOTEMPTY) {
if (iter < 100) {
iter++;
goto retry;
}
}
}
exit(1);
}
}

static void kill_and_wait(int pid, int* status)
{
kill(-pid, SIGKILL);
kill(pid, SIGKILL);
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
if (waitpid(-1, status, WNOHANG | __WALL) == pid)
return;
usleep(1000);
}
DIR* dir = opendir("/sys/fs/fuse/connections");
if (dir) {
for (;;) {
struct dirent* ent = readdir(dir);
if (!ent)
break;
if (strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") == 0)
continue;
char abort[300];
snprintf(abort, sizeof(abort), "/sys/fs/fuse/connections/%s/abort", ent->d_name);
int fd = open(abort, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
continue;
}
if (write(fd, abort, 1) < 0) {
}
close(fd);
}
closedir(dir);
} else {
}
while (waitpid(-1, status, __WALL) != pid) {
}
}

static void setup_test()
{
prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL, 0, 0, 0);
setpgrp();
write_file("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", "1000");
if (symlink("/dev/binderfs", "./binderfs")) {
}
}

static void close_fds()
{
for (int fd = 3; fd < MAX_FDS; fd++)
close(fd);
}

#define SWAP_FILE "./swap-file"
#define SWAP_FILE_SIZE (128 * 1000 * 1000)

static const char* setup_swap()
{
swapoff(SWAP_FILE);
unlink(SWAP_FILE);
int fd = open(SWAP_FILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC, 0600);
if (fd == -1)
return "swap file open failed";
fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, 0, SWAP_FILE_SIZE);
close(fd);
char cmdline[64];
sprintf(cmdline, "mkswap %s", SWAP_FILE);
if (runcmdline(cmdline))
return "mkswap failed";
if (swapon(SWAP_FILE, SWAP_FLAG_PREFER) == 1)
return "swapon failed";
return NULL;
}

struct thread_t {
int created, call;
event_t ready, done;
};

static struct thread_t threads[16];
static void execute_call(int call);
static int running;

static void* thr(void* arg)
{
struct thread_t* th = (struct thread_t*)arg;
for (;;) {
event_wait(&th->ready);
event_reset(&th->ready);
execute_call(th->call);
__atomic_fetch_sub(&running, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
event_set(&th->done);
}
return 0;
}

static void execute_one(void)
{
if (write(1, "executing program\n", sizeof("executing program\n") - 1)) {
}
int i, call, thread;
for (call = 0; call < 4; call++) {
for (thread = 0; thread < (int)(sizeof(threads) / sizeof(threads[0])); thread++) {
struct thread_t* th = &threads[thread];
if (!th->created) {
th->created = 1;
event_init(&th->ready);
event_init(&th->done);
event_set(&th->done);
thread_start(thr, th);
}
if (!event_isset(&th->done))
continue;
event_reset(&th->done);
th->call = call;
__atomic_fetch_add(&running, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
event_set(&th->ready);
event_timedwait(&th->done, 50);
break;
}
}
for (i = 0; i < 100 && __atomic_load_n(&running, __ATOMIC_RELAXED); i++)
sleep_ms(1);
close_fds();
}

static void execute_one(void);

#define WAIT_FLAGS __WALL

static void loop(void)
{
int iter = 0;
for (;; iter++) {
char cwdbuf[32];
sprintf(cwdbuf, "./%d", iter);
if (mkdir(cwdbuf, 0777))
exit(1);
int pid = fork();
if (pid < 0)
exit(1);
if (pid == 0) {
if (chdir(cwdbuf))
exit(1);
setup_test();
execute_one();
exit(0);
}
int status = 0;
uint64_t start = current_time_ms();
for (;;) {
sleep_ms(10);
if (waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG | WAIT_FLAGS) == pid)
break;
if (current_time_ms() - start < 5000)
continue;
kill_and_wait(pid, &status);
break;
}
remove_dir(cwdbuf);
}
}

void execute_call(int call)
{
switch (call) {
case 0:
// syz_open_dev$dvb_dvr arguments: [
// dev: ptr[in, buffer] {
// buffer: {2f 64 65 76 2f 64 76 62 2f 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 23 2f 64 76 72 23 00} (length 0x17)
// }
// id: intptr = 0x0 (8 bytes)
// flags: open_flags = 0x100 (8 bytes)
// ]
// returns fd_dvb_dvr
memcpy((void*)0x200000000440, "/dev/dvb/adapter#/dvr#\000", 23);
syz_open_dev(/*dev=*/0x200000000440, /*id=*/0, /*flags=O_NOCTTY*/0x100);
break;
case 1:
// syz_open_dev$dvb_dvr arguments: [
// dev: ptr[in, buffer] {
// buffer: {2f 64 65 76 2f 64 76 62 2f 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 23 2f 64 76 72 23 00} (length 0x17)
// }
// id: intptr = 0x0 (8 bytes)
// flags: open_flags = 0x80003 (8 bytes)
// ]
// returns fd_dvb_dvr
memcpy((void*)0x200000000000, "/dev/dvb/adapter#/dvr#\000", 23);
syz_open_dev(/*dev=*/0x200000000000, /*id=*/0, /*flags=O_CLOEXEC|O_RDWR|O_WRONLY*/0x80003);
break;
case 2:
// syz_open_dev$dvb_demux arguments: [
// dev: ptr[in, buffer] {
// buffer: {2f 64 65 76 2f 64 76 62 2f 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 23 2f 64 65 6d 75 78 23 00} (length 0x19)
// }
// id: intptr = 0x0 (8 bytes)
// flags: open_flags = 0x80 (8 bytes)
// ]
// returns fd_dvb_demux
memcpy((void*)0x2000000000c0, "/dev/dvb/adapter#/demux#\000", 25);
syz_open_dev(/*dev=*/0x2000000000c0, /*id=*/0, /*flags=O_EXCL*/0x80);
break;
case 3:
// syz_open_dev$dvb_frontend arguments: [
// dev: ptr[in, buffer] {
// buffer: {2f 64 65 76 2f 64 76 62 2f 61 64 61 70 74 65 72 23 2f 66 72 6f 6e 74 65 6e 64 23 00} (length 0x1c)
// }
// id: intptr = 0x0 (8 bytes)
// flags: open_flags = 0x102 (8 bytes)
// ]
// returns fd_dvb_frontend
memcpy((void*)0x200000000000, "/dev/dvb/adapter#/frontend#\000", 28);
syz_open_dev(/*dev=*/0x200000000000, /*id=*/0, /*flags=O_NOCTTY|O_RDWR*/0x102);
break;
}

}
int main(void)
{
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x1ffffffff000ul, /*len=*/0x1000ul, /*prot=*/0ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x200000000000ul, /*len=*/0x1000000ul, /*prot=PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC*/7ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
syscall(__NR_mmap, /*addr=*/0x200001000000ul, /*len=*/0x1000ul, /*prot=*/0ul, /*flags=MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE*/0x32ul, /*fd=*/(intptr_t)-1, /*offset=*/0ul);
const char* reason;
(void)reason;
if ((reason = setup_swap()))
printf("the reproducer may not work as expected: swap setup failed: %s\n", reason);
for (procid = 0; procid < 8; procid++) {
if (fork() == 0) {
use_temporary_dir();
do_sandbox_none();
}
}
sleep(1000000);
return 0;
}

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