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

[Mirsad Goran Todorovac]

On 08. 05. 2023. 16:01, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 08:51:55AM +0200, 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?
>
> No, wait, it's still there, I was looking at a development branch of
> mine that isn't sent upstream yet.  And syzbot just reported the same
> thing:
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/00000000000058d15f05fb264013@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> So something's wrong here, let me dig into it tomorrow when I get a
> chance...

If this could help, here is the bisect of the bug (I could not discern 
what could possibly be wrong):

user@host:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$ git bisect log
git bisect start
# bad: [ac9a78681b921877518763ba0e89202254349d1b] Linux 6.4-rc1
git bisect bad ac9a78681b921877518763ba0e89202254349d1b
# good: [c9c3395d5e3dcc6daee66c6908354d47bf98cb0c] Linux 6.2
git bisect good c9c3395d5e3dcc6daee66c6908354d47bf98cb0c
# good: [85496c9b3bf8dbe15e2433d3a0197954d323cadc] Merge branch 
'net-remove-some-rcu_bh-cruft'
git bisect good 85496c9b3bf8dbe15e2433d3a0197954d323cadc
# good: [b68ee1c6131c540a62ecd443be89c406401df091] Merge tag 'scsi-misc' 
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi
git bisect good b68ee1c6131c540a62ecd443be89c406401df091
# bad: [888d3c9f7f3ae44101a3fd76528d3dd6f96e9fd0] Merge tag 
'sysctl-6.4-rc1' of 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux
git bisect bad 888d3c9f7f3ae44101a3fd76528d3dd6f96e9fd0
# good: [34b62f186db9614e55d021f8c58d22fc44c57911] Merge tag 
'pci-v6.4-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pci/pci
git bisect good 34b62f186db9614e55d021f8c58d22fc44c57911
# good: [34da76dca4673ab1819830b4924bb5b436325b26] Merge tag 
'for-linus-2023042601' of 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hid/hid
git bisect good 34da76dca4673ab1819830b4924bb5b436325b26
# good: [97b2ff294381d05e59294a931c4db55276470cb5] Merge tag 
'staging-6.4-rc1' of 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging
git bisect good 97b2ff294381d05e59294a931c4db55276470cb5
# good: [2025b2ca8004c04861903d076c67a73a0ec6dfca] mcb-lpc: Reallocate 
memory region to avoid memory overlapping
git bisect good 2025b2ca8004c04861903d076c67a73a0ec6dfca
# bad: [d06f5a3f7140921ada47d49574ae6fa4de5e2a89] cdx: fix build failure 
due to sysfs 'bus_type' argument needing to be const
git bisect bad d06f5a3f7140921ada47d49574ae6fa4de5e2a89
# good: [dcfbb67e48a2becfce7990386e985b9c45098ee5] driver core: class: 
use lock_class_key already present in struct subsys_private
git bisect good dcfbb67e48a2becfce7990386e985b9c45098ee5
# bad: [6f14c02220c791d5c46b0f965b9340c58f3d503d] driver core: create 
class_is_registered()
git bisect bad 6f14c02220c791d5c46b0f965b9340c58f3d503d
# good: [2f9e87f5a2941b259336c7ea6c5a1499ede4554a] driver core: Add a 
comment to set_primary_fwnode() on nullifying
git bisect good 2f9e87f5a2941b259336c7ea6c5a1499ede4554a
# bad: [02fe26f25325b547b7a31a65deb0326c04bb5174] firmware_loader: Add 
debug message with checksum for FW file
git bisect bad 02fe26f25325b547b7a31a65deb0326c04bb5174
# good: [884f8ce42ccec9d0bf11d8bf9f111e5961ca1c82] driver core: class: 
implement class_get/put without the private pointer.
git bisect good 884f8ce42ccec9d0bf11d8bf9f111e5961ca1c82
# bad: [3f84aa5ec052dba960baca4ab8a352d43d47028e] base: soc: populate 
machine name in soc_device_register if empty
git bisect bad 3f84aa5ec052dba960baca4ab8a352d43d47028e
# bad: [7b884b7f24b42fa25e92ed724ad82f137610afaf] driver core: class.c: 
convert to only use class_to_subsys
git bisect bad 7b884b7f24b42fa25e92ed724ad82f137610afaf
# first bad commit: [7b884b7f24b42fa25e92ed724ad82f137610afaf] driver 
core: class.c: convert to only use class_to_subsys
user@host:~/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds$

Have a nice day and God bless.

Best regards,
Mirsad