[syzbot] [kvmarm?] KASAN: invalid-access Read in __kvm_pgtable_walk

Tue Sep 9 14:11:30 PDT 2025

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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    f777d1112ee5 Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc6.fixes' of git://git.k..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15f84b12580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=45bc268c8b0b2faf
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=31156cb24a340d8e2c05
compiler:       aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
userspace arch: arm64
syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=117c6d62580000
C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=13e94934580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image (non-bootable): https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fa3fbcfdac58/non_bootable_disk-f777d111.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/3e36256124c6/vmlinux-f777d111.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ea9018353872/Image-f777d111.gz.xz

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Reported-by: syzbot+31156cb24a340d8e2c05 at syzkaller.appspotmail.com

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BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in __kvm_pgtable_visit arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:161 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in __kvm_pgtable_walk+0x110/0x2d0 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:237
Read at addr fdf000000f7c1000 by task syz.2.17/3592
Pointer tag: [fd], memory tag: [fe]

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3592 Comm: syz.2.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Call trace:
 show_stack+0x18/0x24 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:499 (C)
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0x108/0x61c mm/kasan/report.c:482
 kasan_report+0x88/0xac mm/kasan/report.c:595
 report_tag_fault arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:326 [inline]
 do_tag_recovery arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:338 [inline]
 __do_kernel_fault+0x170/0x1c8 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:380
 do_bad_area+0x68/0x78 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:480
 do_tag_check_fault+0x34/0x44 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:853
 do_mem_abort+0x44/0x94 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:929
 el1_abort+0x40/0x60 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:481
 el1h_64_sync_handler+0x50/0xac arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:597
 el1h_64_sync+0x6c/0x70 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:591
 __kvm_pgtable_visit arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:161 [inline] (P)
 __kvm_pgtable_walk+0x110/0x2d0 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:237 (P)
 _kvm_pgtable_walk arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:260 [inline]
 kvm_pgtable_walk+0xd0/0x164 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:283
 kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy_range+0x3c/0x70 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c:1563
 stage2_destroy_range arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c:924 [inline]
 kvm_stage2_destroy+0x74/0xd0 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c:935
 kvm_free_stage2_pgd+0x4c/0x84 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c:1112
 kvm_uninit_stage2_mmu+0x1c/0x34 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c:1023
 kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all+0x6c/0x84 arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c:1113
 kvm_flush_shadow_all virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:343 [inline]
 kvm_mmu_notifier_release+0x30/0x84 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:884
 mmu_notifier_unregister+0x5c/0x11c mm/mmu_notifier.c:815
 kvm_destroy_vm+0x148/0x2b0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1287
 kvm_put_kvm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1344 [inline]
 kvm_vm_release+0x80/0xb0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1367
 __fput+0xcc/0x2dc fs/file_table.c:468
 ____fput+0x14/0x20 fs/file_table.c:496
 task_work_run+0x78/0xd4 kernel/task_work.c:227
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 do_notify_resume+0x13c/0x16c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:155
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:173 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:182 [inline]
 el0_svc+0x108/0x10c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:880
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:898
 el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x4f7c1
flags: 0x1ffc80000000000(node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ff|kasantag=0x2)
raw: 01ffc80000000000 ffffc1ffc03df088 ffffc1ffc02393c8 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

Memory state around the buggy address:
 fff000000f7c0e00: f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5
 fff000000f7c0f00: f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5
>fff000000f7c1000: fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe
                   ^
 fff000000f7c1100: fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe
 fff000000f7c1200: fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe
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