[PATCH] binderfs: fix UAF write in binder_add_device
From: Peiyang He
Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 05:01:03 EST
binderfs_binder_device_create() publishes the new dentry with
d_make_persistent() and then calls simple_done_creating(), which drops
the parent directory lock and the creator's dentry reference. It then
calls binder_add_device() to register the device in the global
binder_devices list.
After simple_done_creating() releases the parent directory lock, a
concurrent unlinkat() can remove the new device entry. Dropping the
creator's dentry reference can then trigger binderfs_evict_inode(),
freeing the device. binder_add_device() later accesses the freed
object, causing UAF write.
Found by a modified Syzkaller:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88805b340c00 by task syz.1.532/11389
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11389 Comm: syz.1.532 Not tainted 7.2.0 #4 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xf7/0x600 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 mm/kasan/report.c:595
hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline]
binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068
binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x724/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:196
binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff9027a833d
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ff903674018 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff902a35fa0 RCX: 00007ff9027a833d
RDX: 0000200000000500 RSI: 00000000c1086201 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007ff902850733 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff902a36038 R14: 00007ff902a35fa0 R15: 00007ffd7166bfa0
</TASK>
Allocated by task 11389:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 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+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2e4/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5489
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x17a/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:148
binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 11389:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2677 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6377 [inline]
kfree+0x2fc/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:6692
binderfs_evict_inode+0x1e8/0x260 drivers/android/binderfs.c:268
evict+0x3c2/0xad0 fs/inode.c:825
iput_final fs/inode.c:2019 [inline]
iput fs/inode.c:2068 [inline]
iput+0x79a/0xd30 fs/inode.c:2031
dentry_unlink_inode+0x27f/0x460 fs/dcache.c:479
dentry_kill+0x25d/0xc20 fs/dcache.c:826
finish_dput fs/dcache.c:1001 [inline]
dput.part.0+0xce/0x230 fs/dcache.c:1042
dput+0x1f/0x30 fs/dcache.c:1037
end_dirop+0x7d/0xa0 fs/namei.c:2956
binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x71c/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:194
binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88805b340c00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
freed 512-byte region [ffff88805b340c00, ffff88805b340e00)
Fix by calling binder_add_device() before d_make_persistent(),
while the parent directory lock is still held and the dentry
cannot be discarded.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: b89aa544821d ("convert binderfs")
Signed-off-by: Peiyang He <peiyang_he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
---
The root cause of this UAF is not the same as this Syzbot report:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7015dcf45953112c8b45
drivers/android/binderfs.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 361d69f756f5..1ca31b9a0583 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -189,12 +189,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_device_create(struct inode *ref_inode,
goto err;
}
inode->i_private = device;
+ binder_add_device(device);
d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
fsnotify_create(root->d_inode, dentry);
simple_done_creating(dentry);
- binder_add_device(device);
-
return 0;
err:
--
2.43.0