Re: [syzbot] [autofs?] memory leak in autofs_new_ino
From: syzbot
Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 04:30:55 EST
Hello,
syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
memory leak in create_pipe_files
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810ceec180 (size 176):
comm "syz.0.17", pid 6581, jiffies 4294948258
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 02 00 2c 0c 60 a4 87 85 ff ff ff ff ......,.`.......
d8 a5 46 0d 81 88 ff ff c0 36 91 00 81 88 ff ff ..F......6......
backtrace (crc ec35cd54):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x34f/0x440 mm/slub.c:4931
alloc_empty_file+0x57/0x180 fs/file_table.c:262
alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
alloc_file_pseudo+0xd3/0x180 fs/file_table.c:427
create_pipe_files+0x106/0x2f0 fs/pipe.c:1042
__do_pipe_flags fs/pipe.c:1088 [inline]
do_pipe2+0x6c/0x160 fs/pipe.c:1136
__do_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1159 [inline]
__se_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1157 [inline]
__x64_sys_pipe+0x18/0x20 fs/pipe.c:1157
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810d8431c0 (size 56):
comm "syz.0.17", pid 6581, jiffies 4294948258
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 2672a0c6):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x34f/0x440 mm/slub.c:4931
lsm_file_alloc security/security.c:171 [inline]
security_file_alloc+0x30/0x250 security/security.c:2406
init_file+0x3e/0x160 fs/file_table.c:184
alloc_empty_file+0x75/0x180 fs/file_table.c:266
alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
alloc_file_pseudo+0xd3/0x180 fs/file_table.c:427
create_pipe_files+0x106/0x2f0 fs/pipe.c:1042
__do_pipe_flags fs/pipe.c:1088 [inline]
do_pipe2+0x6c/0x160 fs/pipe.c:1136
__do_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1159 [inline]
__se_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1157 [inline]
__x64_sys_pipe+0x18/0x20 fs/pipe.c:1157
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888102f619c0 (size 184):
comm "syz-executor", pid 6483, jiffies 4294948379
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 4a068722):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x34f/0x440 mm/slub.c:4931
prepare_creds+0x22/0x570 kernel/cred.c:185
copy_creds+0x44/0x290 kernel/cred.c:286
copy_process+0x988/0x2d70 kernel/fork.c:2153
kernel_clone+0x101/0x710 kernel/fork.c:2748
__do_sys_clone+0x7f/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2889
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888102e91600 (size 32):
comm "syz-executor", pid 6483, jiffies 4294948379
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
f8 52 0a 00 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .R..............
backtrace (crc 9ae86290):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5333 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3bf/0x550 mm/slub.c:5359
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:992 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
lsm_blob_alloc+0x4d/0x80 security/security.c:218
lsm_cred_alloc security/security.c:235 [inline]
security_prepare_creds+0x2d/0x290 security/security.c:2866
prepare_creds+0x317/0x570 kernel/cred.c:215
copy_creds+0x44/0x290 kernel/cred.c:286
copy_process+0x988/0x2d70 kernel/fork.c:2153
kernel_clone+0x101/0x710 kernel/fork.c:2748
__do_sys_clone+0x7f/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2889
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810d015000 (size 176):
comm "syz.0.19", pid 6612, jiffies 4294948379
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 02 00 2c 0c 60 a4 87 85 ff ff ff ff ......,.`.......
80 8c 9c 11 81 88 ff ff c0 3c 91 00 81 88 ff ff .........<......
backtrace (crc 95068e96):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x34f/0x440 mm/slub.c:4931
alloc_empty_file+0x57/0x180 fs/file_table.c:262
alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
alloc_file_pseudo+0xd3/0x180 fs/file_table.c:427
create_pipe_files+0x106/0x2f0 fs/pipe.c:1042
__do_pipe_flags fs/pipe.c:1088 [inline]
do_pipe2+0x6c/0x160 fs/pipe.c:1136
__do_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1159 [inline]
__se_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1157 [inline]
__x64_sys_pipe+0x18/0x20 fs/pipe.c:1157
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888127a600e0 (size 56):
comm "syz.0.19", pid 6612, jiffies 4294948379
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 2672a0c6):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x34f/0x440 mm/slub.c:4931
lsm_file_alloc security/security.c:171 [inline]
security_file_alloc+0x30/0x250 security/security.c:2406
init_file+0x3e/0x160 fs/file_table.c:184
alloc_empty_file+0x75/0x180 fs/file_table.c:266
alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
alloc_file_pseudo+0xd3/0x180 fs/file_table.c:427
create_pipe_files+0x106/0x2f0 fs/pipe.c:1042
__do_pipe_flags fs/pipe.c:1088 [inline]
do_pipe2+0x6c/0x160 fs/pipe.c:1136
__do_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1159 [inline]
__se_sys_pipe fs/pipe.c:1157 [inline]
__x64_sys_pipe+0x18/0x20 fs/pipe.c:1157
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF
Tested on:
commit: 8d3ae592 Linux 7.2
git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=173850f9580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=11ad91fcc8fa7933
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=df1db6e034b3953e19f5
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=17eb8b49580000