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BUG: Bad page state in prep_new_page

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/07 03:49
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+b7981b791bc48b59ca14@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 159d, last: 128d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/13 lts (merge base) d90ecb2b1308 C [report] BUG: Bad page state in netfs_perform_write
2025/09/13 upstream (ToT) 22f20375f5b7 C [report] BUG: Bad page state in netfs_perform_write
Last patch testing requests (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/02/07 03:30 15m retest repro android16-6.12 OK log
2025/11/28 19:14 4m retest repro android16-6.12 error
2025/09/19 05:04 13m retest repro android16-6.12 report log

Sample crash report:
BUG: Bad page state in process syz.2.5228  pfn:14bf33
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff88811dcb9108 index:0x0 pfn:0x14bf33
aops:v9fs_addr_operations ino:2 dentry name(?):"/"
flags: 0x4000000000000001(locked|zone=1)
raw: 4000000000000001 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff88811dcb9108
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Movable, gfp_mask 0x141cca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_WRITE), pid 15893, tgid 15891 (syz.2.5228), ts 367426722662, free_ts 367346078167
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x3b9/0x3f0 mm/page_alloc.c:1826
 prep_new_page+0x1c/0x120 mm/page_alloc.c:1834
 get_page_from_freelist+0x48ce/0x4960 mm/page_alloc.c:3914
 __alloc_pages_noprof+0x31f/0x7b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5258
 __folio_alloc_noprof+0x14/0x80 mm/page_alloc.c:5291
 __folio_alloc_node_noprof include/linux/gfp.h:280 [inline]
 folio_alloc_noprof include/linux/gfp.h:322 [inline]
 filemap_alloc_folio_noprof include/linux/pagemap.h:674 [inline]
 __filemap_get_folio+0x555/0xaa0 mm/filemap.c:2042
 netfs_grab_folio_for_write fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:47 [inline]
 netfs_perform_write+0x4b2/0x1f70 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:172
 netfs_buffered_write_iter_locked+0xa3/0x1c0 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:447
 netfs_file_write_iter+0x189/0x4b0 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:486
 v9fs_file_write_iter+0xac/0xe0 fs/9p/vfs_file.c:407
 do_iter_readv_writev+0x625/0x810 fs/read_write.c:-1
 vfs_writev+0x485/0xcf0 fs/read_write.c:1076
 do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1177 [inline]
 __do_sys_pwritev2 fs/read_write.c:1236 [inline]
 __se_sys_pwritev2+0x1ad/0x2b0 fs/read_write.c:1227
 __x64_sys_pwritev2+0xc3/0xf0 fs/read_write.c:1227
 x64_sys_call+0x2938/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:329
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
page last free pid 15890 tgid 15888 stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:28 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1352 [inline]
 free_unref_folios+0xcfe/0x1680 mm/page_alloc.c:2901
 folios_put_refs+0x4c9/0x5c0 mm/swap.c:1040
 free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x272/0x460 mm/swap_state.c:334
 __tlb_batch_free_encoded_pages mm/mmu_gather.c:136 [inline]
 tlb_batch_pages_flush mm/mmu_gather.c:149 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu_free mm/mmu_gather.c:366 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu+0x7ce/0xaf0 mm/mmu_gather.c:373
 tlb_finish_mmu+0xcf/0x1d0 mm/mmu_gather.c:465
 exit_mmap+0x405/0xb60 mm/mmap.c:1976
 __mmput+0x93/0x320 kernel/fork.c:1349
 mmput+0x55/0x170 kernel/fork.c:1372
 exit_mm kernel/exit.c:574 [inline]
 do_exit+0x918/0x2630 kernel/exit.c:940
 do_group_exit+0x22a/0x300 kernel/exit.c:1095
 get_signal+0x139d/0x14f0 kernel/signal.c:2933
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x96/0x720 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:111 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:328 [inline]
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x58/0xb0 kernel/entry/common.c:218
 do_syscall_64+0x64/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15893 Comm: syz.2.5228 Not tainted syzkaller #0 658fd523d4664e50339751640158cdc1077a64d7
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0x10c/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 dump_stack+0x19/0x20 lib/dump_stack.c:129
 bad_page+0x169/0x1c0 mm/page_alloc.c:594
 free_page_is_bad_report+0x123/0x1d0 mm/page_alloc.c:1057
 free_page_is_bad mm/page_alloc.c:1067 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1343 [inline]
 free_unref_page+0xe88/0xee0 mm/page_alloc.c:2842
 __folio_put+0x24f/0x2a0 mm/swap.c:115
 folio_put include/linux/mm.h:1589 [inline]
 netfs_perform_write+0x1aae/0x1f70 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:403
 netfs_buffered_write_iter_locked+0xa3/0x1c0 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:447
 netfs_file_write_iter+0x189/0x4b0 fs/netfs/buffered_write.c:486
 v9fs_file_write_iter+0xac/0xe0 fs/9p/vfs_file.c:407
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x71b/0xf30 fs/read_write.c:684
 ksys_write+0x141/0x250 fs/read_write.c:737
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x7f/0x90 fs/read_write.c:746
 x64_sys_call+0x271c/0x2ee0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7fef44d8eec9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fef45c77038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fef44fe5fa0 RCX: 00007fef44d8eec9
RDX: 0000000000000018 RSI: 0000200000000380 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007fef44e11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fef44fe6038 R14: 00007fef44fe5fa0 R15: 00007ffece395e18
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/06 04:42 android16-6.12 5af7694050d7 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust BUG: Bad page state in prep_new_page
2025/09/04 16:40 android16-6.12 3a1f856821c2 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-12-rust BUG: Bad page state in prep_new_page
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.