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To: axboe@kernel.dk, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: [syzbot] [io-uring?] [block?] memory leak in io_submit_sqes (6)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:51:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a7a0194.b50370da.49fe0.0056.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 06cf61899d64 Merge tag 'x86-urgent-2026-08-08' of git://gi..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=118c1132580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6843f8fd2336602d
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a4ccdd7ebf452e4d4701
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=128c5fb9580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=15b37fb9580000
Downloadable assets:
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vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ea49527ba5df/vmlinux-06cf6189.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/e3d6468d0490/bzImage-06cf6189.xz
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BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888112726000 (size 248):
comm "syz.0.17", pid 5956, jiffies 4294942148
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
80 5d 3a 0e 81 88 ff ff d0 03 59 15 81 88 ff ff .]:.......Y.....
04 75 20 c0 02 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .u .............
backtrace (crc e2966ca0):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_bulk_noprof+0x272/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:7435
__io_alloc_req_refill+0x4a/0x150 io_uring/io_uring.c:988
io_alloc_req io_uring/io_uring.h:536 [inline]
io_submit_sqes.cold+0x16e/0x20b io_uring/io_uring.c:2046
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x56d/0xd60 io_uring/io_uring.c:2646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881155903c0 (size 192):
comm "syz.0.17", pid 5956, jiffies 4294942148
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
2e 20 00 00 03 00 00 00 04 75 20 c0 00 00 00 00 . .......u .....
backtrace (crc db88fe21):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5333 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x3bf/0x550 mm/slub.c:5359
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:992 [inline]
io_cache_alloc_new+0x20/0x80 io_uring/alloc_cache.c:40
io_cache_alloc io_uring/alloc_cache.h:61 [inline]
io_uring_alloc_async_data io_uring/io_uring.h:355 [inline]
io_uring_cmd_prep+0x157/0x1f0 io_uring/uring_cmd.c:208
io_init_req io_uring/io_uring.c:1842 [inline]
io_submit_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:1889 [inline]
io_submit_sqes+0x446/0xd00 io_uring/io_uring.c:2057
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x56d/0xd60 io_uring/io_uring.c:2646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888112726100 (size 248):
comm "syz.0.18", pid 5972, jiffies 4294942449
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
80 d7 55 02 81 88 ff ff d0 a0 50 15 81 88 ff ff ..U.......P.....
04 75 20 c0 02 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .u .............
backtrace (crc dcaddc4c):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_bulk_noprof+0x272/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:7435
__io_alloc_req_refill+0x4a/0x150 io_uring/io_uring.c:988
io_alloc_req io_uring/io_uring.h:536 [inline]
io_submit_sqes.cold+0x16e/0x20b io_uring/io_uring.c:2046
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x56d/0xd60 io_uring/io_uring.c:2646
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF
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