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* general protection fault in open_rio
@ 2019-09-24 14:19 syzbot
  2019-09-24 14:20 ` Andrey Konovalov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: syzbot @ 2019-09-24 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: andreyknvl, gregkh, linux-kernel, linux-usb, rafael, syzkaller-bugs

Hello,

syzbot found the following crash on:

HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)

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

IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

usb 4-1: Rio opened.
kasan: CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE enabled
kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 6898 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.3.0+ #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS  
Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:dev_name include/linux/device.h:1342 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__dev_printk+0x3a/0x203 drivers/base/core.c:3335
Code: 89 f5 53 e8 0f 01 d0 fe 48 85 ed 0f 84 bc 01 00 00 e8 01 01 d0 fe 48  
8d 7d 50 b8 ff ff 37 00 48 89 fa 48 c1 e0 2a 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 74  
05 e8 32 e7 f6 fe 4c 8b 7d 50 4d 85 ff 75 27 e8 d4
RSP: 0018:ffff8881cf697830 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffed1039ed2f0d RCX: ffffc900012d0000
RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: ffffffff826e3b9f RDI: 00000000000000f0
RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: ffff8881cf37c800 R09: fffffbfff0e98bf9
R10: ffff8881cf697960 R11: ffffffff874c5fc7 R12: ffffffff85f2e160
R13: ffff8881cf697888 R14: ffff8881ca024528 R15: ffff8881ca024528
FS:  00007f175b8c8700(0000) GS:ffff8881db300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b30627000 CR3: 00000001cbb1f000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
  _dev_info+0xd7/0x109 drivers/base/core.c:3381
  open_rio drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c:75 [inline]
  open_rio+0xaa/0xc0 drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c:59
  usb_open+0x1df/0x270 drivers/usb/core/file.c:48
  chrdev_open+0x219/0x5c0 fs/char_dev.c:414
  do_dentry_open+0x494/0x1120 fs/open.c:797
  do_last fs/namei.c:3408 [inline]
  path_openat+0x1430/0x3f50 fs/namei.c:3525
  do_filp_open+0x1a1/0x280 fs/namei.c:3555
  do_sys_open+0x3c0/0x580 fs/open.c:1089
  do_syscall_64+0xb7/0x580 arch/x86/entry/common.c:290
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
RIP: 0033:0x4138f1
Code: 75 14 b8 02 00 00 00 0f 05 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff 0f 83 04 19 00 00 c3 48  
83 ec 08 e8 0a fa ff ff 48 89 04 24 b8 02 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 8b 3c 24 48  
89 c2 e8 53 fa ff ff 48 89 d0 48 83 c4 08 48 3d 01
RSP: 002b:00007f175b8c77a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00000000004138f1
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 00007f175b8c77d0
RBP: 000000000075bf20 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000000000000000f
R10: 0000000000000064 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007f175b8c86d4
R13: 00000000004c8d40 R14: 00000000004dfe48 R15: 00000000ffffffff
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 2b1b73a1ede24824 ]---
RIP: 0010:dev_name include/linux/device.h:1342 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__dev_printk+0x3a/0x203 drivers/base/core.c:3335
Code: 89 f5 53 e8 0f 01 d0 fe 48 85 ed 0f 84 bc 01 00 00 e8 01 01 d0 fe 48  
8d 7d 50 b8 ff ff 37 00 48 89 fa 48 c1 e0 2a 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 74  
05 e8 32 e7 f6 fe 4c 8b 7d 50 4d 85 ff 75 27 e8 d4
RSP: 0018:ffff8881cf697830 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffed1039ed2f0d RCX: ffffc900012d0000
RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: ffffffff826e3b9f RDI: 00000000000000f0
RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: ffff8881cf37c800 R09: fffffbfff0e98bf9
R10: ffff8881cf697960 R11: ffffffff874c5fc7 R12: ffffffff85f2e160
R13: ffff8881cf697888 R14: ffff8881ca024528 R15: ffff8881ca024528
FS:  00007f175b8c8700(0000) GS:ffff8881db300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b30627000 CR3: 00000001cbb1f000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400


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* Re: general protection fault in open_rio
  2019-09-24 14:19 general protection fault in open_rio syzbot
@ 2019-09-24 14:20 ` Andrey Konovalov
  2019-09-24 14:33   ` Alan Stern
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andrey Konovalov @ 2019-09-24 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: syzbot
  Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, LKML, USB list, Rafael J. Wysocki, syzkaller-bugs

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM syzbot
<syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following crash on:
>
> HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
> compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>
> usb 4-1: Rio opened.
> kasan: CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE enabled
> kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
> general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
> CPU: 1 PID: 6898 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.3.0+ #0
> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
> Google 01/01/2011
> RIP: 0010:dev_name include/linux/device.h:1342 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:__dev_printk+0x3a/0x203 drivers/base/core.c:3335
> Code: 89 f5 53 e8 0f 01 d0 fe 48 85 ed 0f 84 bc 01 00 00 e8 01 01 d0 fe 48
> 8d 7d 50 b8 ff ff 37 00 48 89 fa 48 c1 e0 2a 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 74
> 05 e8 32 e7 f6 fe 4c 8b 7d 50 4d 85 ff 75 27 e8 d4
> RSP: 0018:ffff8881cf697830 EFLAGS: 00010206
> RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffed1039ed2f0d RCX: ffffc900012d0000
> RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: ffffffff826e3b9f RDI: 00000000000000f0
> RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: ffff8881cf37c800 R09: fffffbfff0e98bf9
> R10: ffff8881cf697960 R11: ffffffff874c5fc7 R12: ffffffff85f2e160
> R13: ffff8881cf697888 R14: ffff8881ca024528 R15: ffff8881ca024528
> FS:  00007f175b8c8700(0000) GS:ffff8881db300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 0000001b30627000 CR3: 00000001cbb1f000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> Call Trace:
>   _dev_info+0xd7/0x109 drivers/base/core.c:3381
>   open_rio drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c:75 [inline]
>   open_rio+0xaa/0xc0 drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c:59
>   usb_open+0x1df/0x270 drivers/usb/core/file.c:48
>   chrdev_open+0x219/0x5c0 fs/char_dev.c:414
>   do_dentry_open+0x494/0x1120 fs/open.c:797
>   do_last fs/namei.c:3408 [inline]
>   path_openat+0x1430/0x3f50 fs/namei.c:3525
>   do_filp_open+0x1a1/0x280 fs/namei.c:3555
>   do_sys_open+0x3c0/0x580 fs/open.c:1089
>   do_syscall_64+0xb7/0x580 arch/x86/entry/common.c:290
>   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
> RIP: 0033:0x4138f1
> Code: 75 14 b8 02 00 00 00 0f 05 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff 0f 83 04 19 00 00 c3 48
> 83 ec 08 e8 0a fa ff ff 48 89 04 24 b8 02 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 8b 3c 24 48
> 89 c2 e8 53 fa ff ff 48 89 d0 48 83 c4 08 48 3d 01
> RSP: 002b:00007f175b8c77a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002
> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00000000004138f1
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 00007f175b8c77d0
> RBP: 000000000075bf20 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 000000000000000f
> R10: 0000000000000064 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 00007f175b8c86d4
> R13: 00000000004c8d40 R14: 00000000004dfe48 R15: 00000000ffffffff
> Modules linked in:
> ---[ end trace 2b1b73a1ede24824 ]---
> RIP: 0010:dev_name include/linux/device.h:1342 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:__dev_printk+0x3a/0x203 drivers/base/core.c:3335
> Code: 89 f5 53 e8 0f 01 d0 fe 48 85 ed 0f 84 bc 01 00 00 e8 01 01 d0 fe 48
> 8d 7d 50 b8 ff ff 37 00 48 89 fa 48 c1 e0 2a 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 74
> 05 e8 32 e7 f6 fe 4c 8b 7d 50 4d 85 ff 75 27 e8 d4
> RSP: 0018:ffff8881cf697830 EFLAGS: 00010206
> RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffed1039ed2f0d RCX: ffffc900012d0000
> RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: ffffffff826e3b9f RDI: 00000000000000f0
> RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: ffff8881cf37c800 R09: fffffbfff0e98bf9
> R10: ffff8881cf697960 R11: ffffffff874c5fc7 R12: ffffffff85f2e160
> R13: ffff8881cf697888 R14: ffff8881ca024528 R15: ffff8881ca024528
> FS:  00007f175b8c8700(0000) GS:ffff8881db300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 0000001b30627000 CR3: 00000001cbb1f000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>
>
> ---
> This bug is generated by a bot. It may contain errors.
> See https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ for more information about syzbot.
> syzbot engineers can be reached at syzkaller@googlegroups.com.
>
> syzbot will keep track of this bug report. See:
> https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ#status for how to communicate with syzbot.

Most probably the same bug:

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=745b0dff8028f9488eba

#syz dup: KASAN: invalid-free in disconnect_rio (2)

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: general protection fault in open_rio
  2019-09-24 14:20 ` Andrey Konovalov
@ 2019-09-24 14:33   ` Alan Stern
  2019-09-24 14:35     ` Andrey Konovalov
  2019-09-24 14:38     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Stern @ 2019-09-24 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrey Konovalov
  Cc: syzbot, Greg Kroah-Hartman, LKML, USB list, Rafael J. Wysocki,
	syzkaller-bugs

On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Andrey Konovalov wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM syzbot
> <syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > syzbot found the following crash on:
> >
> > HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> > git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
> > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
> > compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.
> >
> > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

> Most probably the same bug:
> 
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=745b0dff8028f9488eba
> 
> #syz dup: KASAN: invalid-free in disconnect_rio (2)

Even more to the point, a patch was recently posted to the mailing list 
to remove the rio500 driver entirely:

	https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156925553004947&w=2

Alan Stern


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: general protection fault in open_rio
  2019-09-24 14:33   ` Alan Stern
@ 2019-09-24 14:35     ` Andrey Konovalov
  2019-09-24 14:38     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andrey Konovalov @ 2019-09-24 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alan Stern
  Cc: syzbot, Greg Kroah-Hartman, LKML, USB list, Rafael J. Wysocki,
	syzkaller-bugs

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:33 PM Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM syzbot
> > <syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > syzbot found the following crash on:
> > >
> > > HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> > > git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
> > > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
> > > compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>
> > Most probably the same bug:
> >
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=745b0dff8028f9488eba
> >
> > #syz dup: KASAN: invalid-free in disconnect_rio (2)
>
> Even more to the point, a patch was recently posted to the mailing list
> to remove the rio500 driver entirely:
>
>         https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156925553004947&w=2

OK, I'll use this commit to mark the remaining rio500 reports once
it's upstream. Thanks!

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: general protection fault in open_rio
  2019-09-24 14:33   ` Alan Stern
  2019-09-24 14:35     ` Andrey Konovalov
@ 2019-09-24 14:38     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  2019-10-10 15:36       ` Andrey Konovalov
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2019-09-24 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alan Stern
  Cc: Andrey Konovalov, syzbot, LKML, USB list, Rafael J. Wysocki,
	syzkaller-bugs

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:33:12AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM syzbot
> > <syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > syzbot found the following crash on:
> > >
> > > HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> > > git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
> > > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
> > > compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> 
> > Most probably the same bug:
> > 
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=745b0dff8028f9488eba
> > 
> > #syz dup: KASAN: invalid-free in disconnect_rio (2)
> 
> Even more to the point, a patch was recently posted to the mailing list 
> to remove the rio500 driver entirely:
> 
> 	https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156925553004947&w=2

I'll be queueing this up and just marking the driver BROKEN on older
kernels to solve all of these issues :)

thanks,

greg k-h

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: general protection fault in open_rio
  2019-09-24 14:38     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
@ 2019-10-10 15:36       ` Andrey Konovalov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andrey Konovalov @ 2019-10-10 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
  Cc: Alan Stern, syzbot, LKML, USB list, Rafael J. Wysocki, syzkaller-bugs

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:38 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:33:12AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM syzbot
> > > <syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > syzbot found the following crash on:
> > > >
> > > > HEAD commit:    d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> > > > git tree:       https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1602b303600000
> > > > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> > > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=dbd38fbb686a9681143a
> > > > compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.
> > > >
> > > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > > > Reported-by: syzbot+dbd38fbb686a9681143a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> >
> > > Most probably the same bug:
> > >
> > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=745b0dff8028f9488eba
> > >
> > > #syz dup: KASAN: invalid-free in disconnect_rio (2)
> >
> > Even more to the point, a patch was recently posted to the mailing list
> > to remove the rio500 driver entirely:
> >
> >       https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=156925553004947&w=2
>
> I'll be queueing this up and just marking the driver BROKEN on older
> kernels to solve all of these issues :)

#syz fix: USB: rio500: Remove Rio 500 kernel driver

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