[BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_free_buddy_page from megaraid_sas

[BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_free_buddy_page from megaraid_sas

[Shuangpeng Bai]

Hi Kernel Maintainers,

I hit the following report while testing current upstream kernel:

KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_free_buddy_page from megaraid_sas

I reproduced this on commit: e8c2f9fdadee7cbc75134dc463c1e0d856d6e5c7 (May 25 2026)

The reproducer and .config files are here.
https://gist.github.com/shuangpengbai/e04467b211a84fbdea66596b50fac4bc

I'm happy to test debug patches or provide additional information.

Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>

[  114.160510][ T8384] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_free_buddy_page (include/linux/page-flags.h:993 mm/page_alloc.c:7426)
[  114.161332][ T8384] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881263a0030 by task repro_megasas/8384
[  114.162155][ T8384]
[  114.162413][ T8384] 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
[  114.162417][ T8384] Call Trace:
[  114.162420][ T8384]  <TASK>
[  114.162422][ T8384]  dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
[  114.162429][ T8384]  print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
[  114.162446][ T8384]  kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
[  114.162455][ T8384]  is_free_buddy_page (include/linux/page-flags.h:993 mm/page_alloc.c:7426)
[  114.162459][ T8384]  set_ps_flags (mm/util.c:1294)
[  114.162464][ T8384]  snapshot_page (mm/util.c:1333)
[  114.162469][ T8384]  dump_page (mm/debug.c:134 mm/debug.c:146)
[  114.162517][ T8384]  __get_pfnblock_flags_mask (mm/page_alloc.c:357 mm/page_alloc.c:384)
[  114.162521][ T8384]  get_pfnblock_migratetype (mm/page_alloc.c:432)
[  114.162529][ T8384]  dump_page (mm/debug.c:115 mm/debug.c:138 mm/debug.c:146)
[  114.162548][ T8384]  ___free_pages (include/linux/mm.h:1766 mm/page_alloc.c:5306)
[  114.162552][ T8384]  megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:?)
[  114.162579][ T8384]  megasas_mgmt_ioctl_fw (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:8570)
[  114.162583][ T8384]  megasas_mgmt_ioctl (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:8628)
[  114.162586][ T8384]  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:51 fs/ioctl.c:597 fs/ioctl.c:583)
[  114.162591][ T8384]  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
[  114.162596][ T8384]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
[  114.162600][ T8384] RIP: 0033:0x7fd4bdfc4237
[  114.162604][ T8384] Code: 00 00 00 48 8b 05 59 cc 0d 00 64 c7 00 26 00 00 00 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 29 cc 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[  114.162607][ T8384] RSP: 002b:00007fd4ba6c6d28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
[  114.162612][ T8384] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fd4bdfc4237
[  114.162615][ T8384] RDX: 00007fd4ba6c6d30 RSI: 00000000c1944d01 RDI: 000000000000000a
[  114.162618][ T8384] RBP: 00007fd4ba6c6d30 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fd4ba6c8700
[  114.162619][ T8384] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000000a
[  114.162621][ T8384] R13: 0101000000001000 R14: 0000000100000028 R15: 0000000000802000
[  114.162626][ T8384]  </TASK>
[  114.162627][ T8384]
[  114.166559][ T8384] Freed by task 8342 on cpu 0 at 70.147016s:
[  114.167592][ T8384]  kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:57 mm/kasan/common.c:78)
[  114.167598][ T8384]  kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:584)
[  114.167602][ T8384]  __kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:253 mm/kasan/common.c:285)
[  114.167606][ T8384]  kfree (include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6251 mm/slub.c:6566)
[  114.167611][ T8384]  tomoyo_realpath_from_path (security/tomoyo/realpath.c:286)
[  114.167618][ T8384]  tomoyo_check_open_permission (security/tomoyo/file.c:151 security/tomoyo/file.c:776)
[  114.171898][ T8384]  security_file_open (security/security.c:2739)
[  114.172838][ T8384]  do_dentry_open (fs/open.c:924)
[  114.173900][ T8384]  vfs_open (fs/open.c:1079)
[  114.173905][ T8384]  path_openat (fs/namei.c:4699 fs/namei.c:4858)
[  114.173908][ T8384]  do_file_open (fs/namei.c:4887)
[  114.174796][ T8384]  do_sys_openat2 (fs/open.c:1364)
[  114.174801][ T8384]  __x64_sys_openat (fs/open.c:1370 fs/open.c:1386 fs/open.c:1381 fs/open.c:1381)
[  114.179693][ T8384]  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
[  114.180735][ T8384]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
[  114.180739][ T8384]
[  114.180740][ T8384] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881263a0000
[  114.180740][ T8384]  which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096
[  114.180743][ T8384] The buggy address is located 48 bytes inside of
[  114.180743][ T8384]  freed 4096-byte region [ffff8881263a0000, ffff8881263a1000)
[  114.188131][ T8384]


Best,
Shuangpeng

Re: [BUG] KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_free_buddy_page from megaraid_sas

[Shuangpeng Bai]

Hi,

I hit another KASAN report that may be related to this megaraid_sas
management ioctl lifetime issue. I have not confirmed that it has the same
root cause, but this report trips earlier in megasas_mgmt_ioctl_fw(), while
accessing instance->requestorId after megasas_lookup_instance().

The issue was reproduced by racing MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE ioctls against
unbind/bind of the megaraid_sas PCI device.

KASAN: use-after-free in megasas_mgmt_ioctl_fw

I reproduced this on commit: e8c2f9fdadee7cbc75134dc463c1e0d856d6e5c7 (May 25 2026)

To help trigger the bug more reliably, we applied a minimal diagnostic patch
that only adds a delay.

The reproducer and .config files are here.
https://gist.github.com/shuangpengbai/72dca59b156aed25639db779bafdf7e4

I'm happy to test debug patches or provide additional information.

Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>

[ 1445.240069][ T8341] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in megasas_mgmt_ioctl_fw (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:8546)
[ 1445.242466][ T8341] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888115b7d909 by task repro_megasas_l/8341
[ 1445.244862][ T8341]
[ 1445.245578][ T8341] 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
[ 1445.245586][ T8341] Call Trace:
[ 1445.245595][ T8341]  <TASK>
[ 1445.245601][ T8341]  dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
[ 1445.245617][ T8341]  print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
[ 1445.245670][ T8341]  kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
[ 1445.245697][ T8341]  megasas_mgmt_ioctl_fw (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:8546)
[ 1445.245721][ T8341]  megasas_mgmt_ioctl (drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c:8630)
[ 1445.245731][ T8341]  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:51 fs/ioctl.c:597 fs/ioctl.c:583)
[ 1445.245741][ T8341]  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
[ 1445.245772][ T8341]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
[ 1445.245783][ T8341] RIP: 0033:0x7f11ae510237
[ 1445.245794][ T8341] Code: 00 00 00 48 8b 05 59 cc 0d 00 64 c7 00 26 00 00 00 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 29 cc 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[ 1445.245804][ T8341] RSP: 002b:00007f11ae41ad38 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
[ 1445.245819][ T8341] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f11ae510237
[ 1445.245827][ T8341] RDX: 00007f11ae41ad40 RSI: 00000000c1944d01 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 1445.245834][ T8341] RBP: 00007f11ae41ad40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007f11ae41b700
[ 1445.245840][ T8341] R10: fffffffffffff7ee R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000003
[ 1445.245846][ T8341] R13: 00007ffe50e3399f R14: 00007f11ae41afc0 R15: 0000000000802000
[ 1445.245859][ T8341]  </TASK>
[ 1445.245863][ T8341]


Best,
Shuangpeng