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

From: syzbot

Date: Sat Aug 29 2026 - 14:28:21 EST

> On 29 August 2026 19:12:29 BST, syzbot
> <syzbot+5ebeb3089ea6439c37be@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:
>>
>
> #syz test: dentry_path() returns ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG) when the path

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> exceeds the
> buffer. validate_hash_algo() passes the result straight to
> integrity_audit_msg() without checking. ERR_PTR is not NULL, so
> integrity_audit_message() sees a valid pointer and calls strlen() on
> it, which faults:
>
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffdc
> RIP: 0010:strlen+0x30/0xa0
> Call Trace:
> audit_log_untrustedstring+0x19/0x30
> integrity_audit_message+0x366/0x4f0
> ima_inode_setxattr+0x512/0x5f0
>
> Check for IS_ERR() and use NULL instead, which makes the audit message
> skip the name= field instead of crashing.
>
> Fixes: 4f2946aa0c45 ("IMA: introduce a new policy option func=SETXATTR_CHECK")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: syzbot+5ebeb3089ea6439c37be@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a8f89e5.1d9ded08.62e62.00bf.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> index ced2e131b061..b280488e15fc 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> @@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ static int validate_hash_algo(struct dentry *dentry,
> return -EACCES;
>
> path = dentry_path(dentry, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
> + if (IS_ERR(path))
> + path = NULL;
>
> integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_DATA, d_inode(dentry), path,
> "set_data", errmsg, -EACCES, 0);
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>>HEAD commit: cf72cbb39da8 Merge tag 'io_uring-7.3-20260828' of
>>git://gi..
>>git tree: upstream
>>console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16e7cc15580000
>>kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=85bc5cc2fc7394d9
>>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
>>userspace arch: i386
>>syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=159ebd79580000
>>C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=123d1d79580000
>>
>>Downloadable assets:
>>disk image (non-bootable):
>>https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d900f083ada3/non_bootable_disk-cf72cbb3.raw.xz
>>vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/755d053ff703/vmlinux-cf72cbb3.xz
>>kernel image:
>>https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0837738ba281/bzImage-cf72cbb3.xz
>>
>>IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
>>Reported-by: syzbot+5ebeb3089ea6439c37be@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffdc
>>#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
>>#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
>>PGD eb99067 P4D eb99067 PUD eb9b067 PMD 0
>>Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
>>CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5921 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
>>Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
>>1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
>>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:ffffc90002eb7920 EFLAGS: 00010246
>>RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffffffffdc RCX: 0000000000000000
>>RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffffff82081bc1 RDI: ffffffffffffffdc
>>RBP: ffffffffffffffdc R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000000000a9
>>R10: 00000000000006c0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888027be0e40
>>R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 00000000fffffff3 R15: ffffffffffffffdc
>>FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888096967000(0063) knlGS:000000005783f480
>>CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
>>CR2: ffffffffffffffdc CR3: 0000000055e55000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
>>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+0x299/0x560 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]
>> __ia32_sys_fsetxattr+0xc4/0x140 fs/xattr.c:779
>> do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:79 [inline]
>> __do_fast_syscall_32+0x13a/0x8b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:291
>> do_fast_syscall_32+0x32/0x70 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:316
>> entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e
>>RIP: 0023:0xf7fb7fec
>>Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xf7fb7fc2.
>>RSP: 002b:00000000fffd97bc EFLAGS: 00000296 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e4
>>RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 0000000080000080
>>RDX: 0000000080001080 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
>>RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
>>R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
>>R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>> </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:ffffc90002eb7920 EFLAGS: 00010246
>>RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffffffffdc RCX: 0000000000000000
>>RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffffff82081bc1 RDI: ffffffffffffffdc
>>RBP: ffffffffffffffdc R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000000000a9
>>R10: 00000000000006c0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888027be0e40
>>R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 00000000fffffff3 R15: ffffffffffffffdc
>>FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888096967000(0063) knlGS:000000005783f480
>>CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
>>CR2: 00000000f7fb8000 CR3: 0000000055e55000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
>>----------------
>>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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