[syzbot] [mmc?] KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in mmc_host_classdev_release

From: syzbot

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 20:25:09 EST


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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 5704a4065c2c usb: typec: mux: gpio-sbu: enable when only u..
git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=128ed779580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=c451f9f64434b622
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f312381a95cc080992fd
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44

Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mmc_host_classdev_release+0xfb/0x120 drivers/mmc/core/host.c:70
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88813b57a4c0 by task kworker/u8:1/8349

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8349 Comm: kworker/u8:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: kvub300d vub300_deadwork_thread
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x13d/0x4b0 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xdf/0x1c0 mm/kasan/report.c:595
mmc_host_classdev_release+0xfb/0x120 drivers/mmc/core/host.c:70
device_release+0xd2/0x270 drivers/base/core.c:2640
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x1f7/0x640 lib/kobject.c:737
put_device+0x1f/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3884
vub300_delete drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c:379 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
vub300_deadwork_thread+0x22c/0x550 drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c:739
process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3387
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x69f/0xc90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>

Allocated by task 5304:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2d8/0x680 mm/slub.c:5563
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
usb_alloc_dev+0x55/0x1090 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:651
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5483 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5720 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5884 [inline]
hub_event+0x2c5d/0x4510 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5966
process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3387
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x69f/0xc90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 8349:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2748 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6499 [inline]
kfree+0x20c/0x650 mm/slub.c:6792
device_release+0xd2/0x270 drivers/base/core.c:2640
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x1f7/0x640 lib/kobject.c:737
put_device+0x1f/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3884
usb_put_dev+0x23/0x30 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:790
vub300_delete drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c:378 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
vub300_deadwork_thread+0x224/0x550 drivers/mmc/host/vub300.c:739
process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3387
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x69f/0xc90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88813b57a000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
The buggy address is located 1216 bytes inside of
freed 2048-byte region [ffff88813b57a000, ffff88813b57a800)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x13b578
head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
flags: 0x200000000000040(head|node=0|zone=2)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0200000000000040 ffff888100042000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0200000000000040 ffff888100042000 dead000000000100 dead000000000122
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
head: 0200000000000003 fffffffffffffe01 00000000ffffffff 00000000ffffffff
head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000008
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 3, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0xd2000(__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC), pid 24, tgid 24 (kworker/1:0), ts 125638469489
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:33 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0xfd/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1871
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1879 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xf4b/0x3440 mm/page_alloc.c:3943
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2d7/0x2f70 mm/page_alloc.c:5436
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:3347 [inline]
allocate_slab mm/slub.c:3462 [inline]
new_slab+0xa9/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:3513
refill_objects+0xe3/0x410 mm/slub.c:7410
refill_sheaf mm/slub.c:2885 [inline]
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x35e/0x650 mm/slub.c:4774
alloc_from_pcs mm/slub.c:4850 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4984 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4a1/0x680 mm/slub.c:5559
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:991 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1312 [inline]
usb_set_configuration+0x10cb/0x1c60 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2096
usb_generic_driver_probe+0xa1/0xe0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
usb_probe_device+0xef/0x400 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0x210/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:868
driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
__device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
__device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff88813b57a380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff88813b57a400: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88813b57a480: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff88813b57a500: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff88813b57a580: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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