Re: [BUG] Kmemleak, possibly hiddev_connect(), in 6.3.0+ torvalds tree commit gfc4354c6e5c2

[Mirsad Todorovac]

On 5/8/23 08:51, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 08:30:07AM +0200, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > There seems to be a kernel memory leak in the USB keyboard driver.
> >
> > The leaked memory allocs are 96 and 512 bytes.
> >
> > The platform is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a assembled AMD Ryzen 9 with X670E PG
> > Lightning mobo,
> > and Genius SlimStar i220 GK-080012 keyboard.
> >
> > (Logitech M100 HID mouse is not affected by the bug.)
> >
> > BIOS is:
> >
> >       *-firmware
> >            description: BIOS
> >            vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
> >            physical id: 0
> >            version: 1.21
> >            date: 04/26/2023
> >            size: 64KiB
> >
> > The kernel is 6.3.0-torvalds-<id>-13466-gfc4354c6e5c2.
> >
> > The keyboard is recognised as Chicony:
> >
> >                   *-usb
> >                        description: Keyboard
> >                        product: CHICONY USB Keyboard
> >                        vendor: CHICONY
> >                        physical id: 2
> >                        bus info: usb@5:2
> >                        logical name: input35
> >                        logical name: /dev/input/event4
> >                        logical name: input35::capslock
> >                        logical name: input35::numlock
> >                        logical name: input35::scrolllock
> >                        logical name: input36
> >                        logical name: /dev/input/event5
> >                        logical name: input37
> >                        logical name: /dev/input/event6
> >                        logical name: input38
> >                        logical name: /dev/input/event8
> >                        version: 2.30
> >                        capabilities: usb-2.00 usb
> >                        configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA
> > speed=1Mbit/s
> >
> > The bug is easily reproduced by unplugging the USB keyboard, waiting about a
> > couple of seconds,
> > and then reconnect and scan for memory leaks twice.
> >
> > The kmemleak log is as follows [edited privacy info]:
> >
> > root@hostname:/home/username# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
> > unreferenced object 0xffff8dd020037c00 (size 96):
> >    comm "systemd-udevd", pid 435, jiffies 4294892550 (age 8909.356s)
> >    hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> >      5d 8e 4e b9 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ].N.............
> >      00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> >    backtrace:
> >      [<ffffffffb81a74be>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x22e/0x2b0
> >      [<ffffffffb8127b6e>] kmalloc_trace+0x2e/0xa0
> >      [<ffffffffb87543d9>] class_create+0x29/0x80
> >      [<ffffffffb8880d24>] usb_register_dev+0x1d4/0x2e0
>
> As the call to class_create() in this path is now gone in 6.4-rc1, can
> you retry that release to see if this is still there or not?

Certainly, but probably not before 6 PM UTC+02.

Best regards,
Mirsad

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Mirsad Goran Todorovac
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