WARNING in __virt_to_phys (6)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/11 00:24
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+204eda57286574703583@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d10h, last: 6d10h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
d8f59f02 repro-c 💥 WARNING in __virt_to_phys (6) 2026/08/11 14:50 2026/08/11 14:50 2026/08/12 03:36 f8d35649
e51f7bd1 repro-c 💥 WARNING in __virt_to_phys (6) 2026/08/11 09:58 2026/08/11 09:58 2026/08/11 11:04 508909ea
7689acc9 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in __virt_to_phys (6) 2026/08/09 04:32 2026/08/09 04:32 2026/08/09 05:15 5d63f80b
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[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in __virt_to_phys (6) 1 (2) 2026/08/11 03:16
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in __virt_to_phys (2) ntfs3 -1 syz, C 2 1191d 1187d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:02
linux-6.1 WARNING in __virt_to_phys origin:lts-only -1 syz, C done 1 1182d 1189d 3/3 fixed on 2023/06/19 12:27
upstream WARNING in __virt_to_phys (4) fs -1 syz, C 2 773d 769d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/13 18:41
linux-6.1 WARNING in __virt_to_phys (2) origin:lts-only -1 syz, C inconclusive 3 836d 837d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/27 00:06
upstream WARNING in __virt_to_phys (3) fs -1 syz, C 447 798d 831d 25/29 fixed on 2024/06/05 13:52
upstream WARNING in __virt_to_phys (5) fs -1 4 729d 725d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/29 18:29
linux-5.15 WARNING in __virt_to_phys -1 syz, C error 4 672d 1186d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/16 21:32
upstream WARNING in __virt_to_phys nilfs -1 syz, C 19 1339d 1423d 0/29 closed as dup on 2022/09/19 06:44

Sample crash report:
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virt_to_phys used for non-linear address: 00000000b1de4396 (0x17ffffe791001021)
WARNING: arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:15 at __virt_to_phys+0xe8/0x130 arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12, CPU#0: dhcpcd/4400
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 100 PID: 4400 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 63400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __virt_to_phys+0xe8/0x130 arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12
lr : __virt_to_phys+0xe8/0x130 arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12
sp : ffff8000997e72b0
x29: ffff8000997e72b0 x28: ffff800088b0b6a0 x27: ffff0000c7228000
x26: 17ffffe791001021 x25: 0000000000000204 x24: ffffc1ffc0000000
x23: ffff80008869e000 x22: 000f600000000000 x21: 000000000000002d
x20: 180fffe791001021 x19: 17ffffe791001021 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000002 x9 : b196a926009aaa00
x8 : b196a926009aaa00 x7 : ffff80008048e080 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff8000802f8070
x2 : 0000000100000000 x1 : ffff0000c7228000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 __virt_to_phys+0xe8/0x130 arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12 (P)
 virt_to_phys arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:369 [inline]
 virt_to_pfn arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:383 [inline]
 virt_to_slab mm/slab.h:193 [inline]
 qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x58/0x120 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x118/0x124 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x2c/0xb4 mm/kasan/common.c:406
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5334 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x434/0x6d4 mm/slub.c:5471
 kmalloc_reserve+0x118/0x214 net/core/skbuff.c:637
 __alloc_skb+0x230/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:715
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xb8/0x690 net/core/skbuff.c:6769
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x740/0x850 net/core/sock.c:3013
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x434/0x1078 net/unix/af_unix.c:2136
 unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0x108/0x1d0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2537
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:775 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0xc8/0x17c net/socket.c:790
 sock_write_iter+0x220/0x310 net/socket.c:1241
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x51c/0xa0c fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:739
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_write+0x84/0x98 fs/read_write.c:747
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0x19c/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:736
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:755
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594
irq event stamp: 345484
hardirqs last  enabled at (345483): [<ffff800080491644>] vprintk_store+0x924/0xb94 kernel/printk/printk.c:2385
hardirqs last disabled at (345484): [<ffff8000868e6198>] el1_brk64+0x20/0x54 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:425
softirqs last  enabled at (343926): [<ffff800084c14ca8>] __alloc_skb+0x1c0/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:698
softirqs last disabled at (343924): [<ffff800084c14c90>] local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (343924): [<ffff800084c14c90>] __alloc_skb+0x1a8/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:697
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 005fffff638e0048
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000004
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0
[005fffff638e0048] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 100 PID: 4400 Comm: dhcpcd Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : _compound_head include/linux/page-flags.h:226 [inline]
pc : page_slab mm/slab.h:159 [inline]
pc : virt_to_slab mm/slab.h:193 [inline]
pc : qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline]
pc : qlist_free_all+0x68/0x120 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
lr : virt_to_phys arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:369 [inline]
lr : virt_to_pfn arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:383 [inline]
lr : virt_to_slab mm/slab.h:193 [inline]
lr : qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline]
lr : qlist_free_all+0x58/0x120 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
sp : ffff8000997e72e0
x29: ffff8000997e72e0 x28: ffff800088b0b6a0 x27: ffff0000c7228000
x26: 17ffffe791001021 x25: 0000000000000204 x24: ffffc1ffc0000000
x23: ffff80008869e000 x22: 17ffffe791001021 x21: ffffff1000040000
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff8000997e7330 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000002 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 005fffff638e0040 x7 : ffff80008048e080 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff8000802f8070
x2 : 0000000100000000 x1 : ffff0000c7228000 x0 : 18007fe923801021
Call trace:
 virt_to_slab mm/slab.h:193 [inline] (P)
 qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline] (P)
 qlist_free_all+0x68/0x120 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176 (P)
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x118/0x124 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x2c/0xb4 mm/kasan/common.c:406
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5334 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x434/0x6d4 mm/slub.c:5471
 kmalloc_reserve+0x118/0x214 net/core/skbuff.c:637
 __alloc_skb+0x230/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:715
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1384 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xb8/0x690 net/core/skbuff.c:6769
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x740/0x850 net/core/sock.c:3013
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x434/0x1078 net/unix/af_unix.c:2136
 unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0x108/0x1d0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2537
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:775 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0xc8/0x17c net/socket.c:790
 sock_write_iter+0x220/0x310 net/socket.c:1241
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x51c/0xa0c fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:739
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_write+0x84/0x98 fs/read_write.c:747
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0x19c/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:736
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:755
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594
Code: d346fc08 927acd08 cb151908 8b180108 (f9400509) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	d346fc08 	lsr	x8, x0, #6
   4:	927acd08 	and	x8, x8, #0x3ffffffffffffc0
   8:	cb151908 	sub	x8, x8, x21, lsl #6
   c:	8b180108 	add	x8, x8, x24
* 10:	f9400509 	ldr	x9, [x8, #8] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/06 09:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __virt_to_phys
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.