linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] memory leak in do_timer

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Message-ID: <69169646.a70a0220.3124cb.003f.GAE@google.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:39:02 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+9c47ad18f978d4394986@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: eslam.medhat1993@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] memory leak in do_timer_create

Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
memory leak in do_timer_create

2025/11/14 02:38:26 executed programs: 5
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810956c180 (size 384):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6732, jiffies 4294946163
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 64f02d39):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x397/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:5295
    alloc_posix_timer kernel/time/posix-timers.c:429 [inline]
    do_timer_create+0xe0/0x800 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:478
    __do_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:585 [inline]
    __se_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574 [inline]
    __x64_sys_timer_create+0xdb/0xf0 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881118c8000 (size 384):
  comm "syz.0.18", pid 6735, jiffies 4294946164
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc d3965a85):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x397/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:5295
    alloc_posix_timer kernel/time/posix-timers.c:429 [inline]
    do_timer_create+0xe0/0x800 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:478
    __do_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:585 [inline]
    __se_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574 [inline]
    __x64_sys_timer_create+0xdb/0xf0 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881012d8d80 (size 384):
  comm "syz.0.19", pid 6739, jiffies 4294946164
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 593dfa0a):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x397/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:5295
    alloc_posix_timer kernel/time/posix-timers.c:429 [inline]
    do_timer_create+0xe0/0x800 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:478
    __do_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:585 [inline]
    __se_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574 [inline]
    __x64_sys_timer_create+0xdb/0xf0 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881012d9080 (size 384):
  comm "syz.0.20", pid 6759, jiffies 4294946764
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc b63c44c):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x397/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:5295
    alloc_posix_timer kernel/time/posix-timers.c:429 [inline]
    do_timer_create+0xe0/0x800 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:478
    __do_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:585 [inline]
    __se_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574 [inline]
    __x64_sys_timer_create+0xdb/0xf0 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810956c000 (size 384):
  comm "syz.0.21", pid 6761, jiffies 4294946764
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc d05d1bb6):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline]
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x397/0x5a0 mm/slub.c:5295
    alloc_posix_timer kernel/time/posix-timers.c:429 [inline]
    do_timer_create+0xe0/0x800 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:478
    __do_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:585 [inline]
    __se_sys_timer_create kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574 [inline]
    __x64_sys_timer_create+0xdb/0xf0 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:574
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF


Tested on:

commit:         6da43bbe Merge tag 'vfio-v6.18-rc6' of https://github...
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=150ab532580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=cb128cd5cb439809
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9c47ad18f978d4394986
compiler:       gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
patch:          https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=138dc914580000