We found the following crash on Linux 5.4-rc1 (Not patched in current HEAD commit 3b1f00aceb7a67bf079a5a64aa5c6baf78a8f442) with our customized syzkaller. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 12 at linux/mm/page_alloc.c:4727 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x333/0x760 linux/mm/page_alloc.c:4727 Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ... CPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.4.0-rc1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: __dump_stack linux/lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x7c/0xbb linux/lib/dump_stack.c:113 panic+0x205/0x48e linux/kernel/panic.c:220 __warn+0x19c/0x1c0 linux/kernel/panic.c:581 report_bug+0x1a9/0x2b0 linux/lib/bug.c:195 fixup_bug.part.11+0x32/0x80 linux/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:179 fixup_bug linux/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:54 [inline] do_error_trap+0xf5/0x160 linux/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:272 do_invalid_op+0x31/0x40 linux/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:291 invalid_op+0x23/0x30 linux/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:1028 RIP: 0010:__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x333/0x760 linux/mm/page_alloc.c:4727 Code: fe ff ff 65 48 8b 04 25 00 ef 01 00 48 05 68 10 00 00 41 bc 01 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 40 e9 2a fe ff ff 81 e7 00 20 00 00 75 02 <0f> 0b 45 31 e4 e9 6e ff ff ff 41 f7 c6 00 00 40 00 0f 84 2c ff ff RSP: 0018:ffff88801a1a6f60 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 1ffff11003434def RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000034 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffffffffffff5e R08: ffffed1002d261a2 R09: dffffc0000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffed1002d261a1 R12: ffffffffffffff5e R13: 0000000000000dc0 R14: ffff888017140000 R15: 0000000000000034 alloc_pages linux/include/linux/gfp.h:509 [inline] kmalloc_order+0x16/0x50 linux/mm/slab_common.c:1294 kmalloc_order_trace+0x18/0x110 linux/mm/slab_common.c:1306 kmalloc linux/include/linux/slab.h:557 [inline] kzalloc linux/include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline] init_realtek_cr+0x2ec/0x1440 linux/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c:990 usb_stor_acquire_resources linux/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:784 [inline] usb_stor_probe2+0x738/0xbb0 linux/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:1047 realtek_cr_probe+0x9b/0xe0 linux/drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c:1048 usb_probe_interface+0x2b9/0x870 linux/drivers/usb/core/driver.c:361 really_probe+0x444/0x830 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:548 driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x250 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:721 __device_attach_driver+0x17a/0x1e0 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:828 bus_for_each_drv+0x143/0x1e0 linux/drivers/base/bus.c:430 __device_attach+0x1f1/0x310 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:894 bus_probe_device+0x1d7/0x280 linux/drivers/base/bus.c:490 device_add+0xb72/0x1660 linux/drivers/base/core.c:2201 usb_set_configuration+0xaca/0x1840 linux/drivers/usb/core/message.c:2023 generic_probe+0x63/0xd0 linux/drivers/usb/core/generic.c:210 usb_probe_device+0x89/0xd0 linux/drivers/usb/core/driver.c:266 really_probe+0x444/0x830 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:548 driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x250 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:721 __device_attach_driver+0x17a/0x1e0 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:828 bus_for_each_drv+0x143/0x1e0 linux/drivers/base/bus.c:430 __device_attach+0x1f1/0x310 linux/drivers/base/dd.c:894 bus_probe_device+0x1d7/0x280 linux/drivers/base/bus.c:490 device_add+0xb72/0x1660 linux/drivers/base/core.c:2201 usb_new_device+0x784/0x10d0 linux/drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2536 hub_port_connect linux/drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5098 [inline] hub_port_connect_change linux/drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5213 [inline] port_event linux/drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5359 [inline] hub_event+0x18ed/0x3610 linux/drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5441 process_one_work+0x8b5/0x17c0 linux/kernel/workqueue.c:2269 worker_thread+0x82/0xb80 linux/kernel/workqueue.c:2415 kthread+0x325/0x3e0 linux/kernel/kthread.c:255 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 linux/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352 Dumping ftrace buffer: (ftrace buffer empty) Kernel Offset: disabled Following is my analysis of this bug. (Just add some comments in source code): realtek_cr.c: struct rts51x_chip { u16 vendor_id; u16 product_id; char max_lun; // char -> signed 1byte ... } static int init_realtek_cr(struct us_data *us) { int size, i, retval; ... us->max_lun = chip->max_lun = rts51x_get_max_lun(us); // From USB device (-127~126) Malicious usb device can manipulate this value. size = (chip->max_lun + 1) * sizeof(struct rts51x_status); // Can be negative integer or 0 (-1+1). chip->status = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); // kzalloc(0) == ZERO_SIZE_PTR or kzalloc(negative integer) -> Warning ... for (i = 0; i <= (int)(chip->max_lun); i++) { retval = rts51x_check_status(us, (u8) i); ... } } tatic int rts51x_check_status(struct us_data *us, u8 lun) { struct rts51x_chip *chip = (struct rts51x_chip *)(us->extra); int retval; u8 buf[16]; retval = rts51x_read_status(us, lun, buf, 16, &(chip->status_len)); if (retval != STATUS_SUCCESS) return -EIO; usb_stor_dbg(us, "chip->status_len = %d\n", chip->status_len); chip->status[lun].vid = ((u16) buf[0] << 8) | buf[1]; // ZERO_SIZE_PTR DEREFERENCE :( chip->status[lun].pid = ((u16) buf[2] << 8) | buf[3]; chip->status[lun].cur_lun = buf[4]; chip->status[lun].card_type = buf[5]; chip->status[lun].total_lun = buf[6]; chip->status[lun].fw_ver = ((u16) buf[7] << 8) | buf[8]; chip->status[lun].phy_exist = buf[9]; chip->status[lun].multi_flag = buf[10]; chip->status[lun].multi_card = buf[11]; chip->status[lun].log_exist = buf[12]; if (chip->status_len == 16) { chip->status[lun].detailed_type.detailed_type1 = buf[13]; chip->status[lun].function[0] = buf[14]; chip->status[lun].function[1] = buf[15]; } return 0; } Need to change a declaration of max_lun. 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