WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/08/17 17:18
Subsystems: f2fs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+014a7b70788139e6196d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d06h, last: 2d02h
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a7e9d208 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry 2026/08/15 00:01 2026/08/15 00:01 2026/08/15 01:04 746171ee
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[syzbot] [f2fs?] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry 1 (3) 2026/08/18 12:41
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/18 11:50 24m chao@kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git bugfix/common no crash job log log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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./include/linux/radix-tree.h:179 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
locks held by kworker/u9:1/4930: 4, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff8880788a1140 ((wq_completion)f2fs_evict_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880788a1140 ((wq_completion)f2fs_evict_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880788a1140 ((wq_completion)f2fs_evict_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3352 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880788a1140 ((wq_completion)f2fs_evict_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 #1: ffffc9001028fc40 ((work_completion)(&ew->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9001028fc40 ((work_completion)(&ew->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9001028fc40 ((work_completion)(&ew->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3352 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9001028fc40 ((work_completion)(&ew->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 #2: ffff8880b873a820 (lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: local_lock_acquire include/linux/local_lock_internal.h:46 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880b873a820 (lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __radix_tree_preload+0x82/0x870 lib/radix-tree.c:334
 #3: ffff888027fd48c8 (&im->ino_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:347 [inline]
 #3: ffff888027fd48c8 (&im->ino_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __set_ino_bitmap fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:781 [inline]
 #3: ffff888027fd48c8 (&im->ino_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __f2fs_add_ino_entry+0x14c/0x830 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:842

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4930 Comm: kworker/u9:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: f2fs_evict_wq f2fs_evict_inode_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6938
 radix_tree_deref_slot include/linux/radix-tree.h:179 [inline]
 __set_ino_bitmap fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:784 [inline]
 __f2fs_add_ino_entry+0x782/0x830 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:842
 f2fs_record_inode_state fs/f2fs/inode.c:877 [inline]
 f2fs_evict_inode_work+0xa1/0x120 fs/f2fs/inode.c:887
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
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Crashes (2688):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/18 10:42 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config strace log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 08:05 linux-next 4477a78374a5 746171ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/16 00:27 linux-next 4477a78374a5 746171ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 23:23 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 746171ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 22:14 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 746171ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 12:16 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 b13552fe .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 10:50 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 b13552fe .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 08:58 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 b13552fe .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 01:55 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 a9ede23c .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/14 00:22 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 a9ede23c .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 21:17 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 20:24 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 18:54 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 17:46 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 16:44 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 15:45 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 15:16 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 13:28 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 09:14 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 06:55 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 06:43 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 06:40 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 04:55 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 04:44 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 04:30 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 04:28 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 03:13 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 02:52 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 02:45 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 02:31 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 02:14 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 01:27 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 01:21 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 01:15 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 01:09 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 01:02 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:56 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:49 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:43 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:34 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:17 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/18 00:17 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 21:34 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 20:30 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 20:14 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 20:03 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 19:57 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 19:51 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 19:37 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 19:12 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 19:01 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/17 18:53 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
2026/08/13 17:16 linux-next 2697ef8943c9 a9ede23c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __f2fs_add_ino_entry
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.