BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/02 04:52
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+237f670105a254a230d4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 55d, last: 5h16m
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b5fb3d3b repro-c Reproduced: ✅ BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data 2026/09/14 21:04 2026/09/14 21:04 2026/09/14 21:57 81a27d1a
9f28d2e2 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data 2026/07/31 00:00 2026/07/31 00:00 2026/07/31 00:54 aaffb173
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Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH] kcov: add a missing bound check in write_comp_data() 1 (1) 2026/09/15 03:33
[syzbot] [kernel?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data 1 (4) 2026/09/15 03:24
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/15 02:06 14m eadavis@sina.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 704340f1cd0d OK job log log
2026/09/14 21:58 12m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 704340f1cd0dcef829eb62f5b48ae95a2ce17bdf report job log log

Sample crash report:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90003792fe8
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 1c000067 P4D 1c000067 PUD 1d695067 PMD 25aa1067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6034 Comm: syz-executor404 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data+0x7c/0xa0 kernel/kcov.c:263
Code: 00 8b bf 14 17 00 00 48 8b 30 48 c1 e7 03 4c 8d 1c b5 00 00 00 00 4a 8d 14 dd 28 00 00 00 48 39 d7 72 1b 48 83 c6 01 48 89 30 <4c> 89 44 10 e0 4c 89 4c 10 e8 4c 89 54 10 f0 4a 89 4c d8 20 e9 9b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900016cfec0 EFLAGS: 00010257
RAX: ffffc90003793000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff824af562
RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000002000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: fffffffffffffffc R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556039d400(0000) GS:ffff8880d5d59000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffc90003792fe8 CR3: 0000000033822000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __do_sys_rseq kernel/rseq.c:549 [inline]
 __se_sys_rseq kernel/rseq.c:547 [inline]
 __x64_sys_rseq+0xc2/0x2e0 kernel/rseq.c:547
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4f6e875649
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 0f 1f 44 00 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fffe975f1b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000014e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f4f6e875649
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f4f6e846000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000a8ca8
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fffe975f2e8
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00007f4f6e8f8cc0 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: ffffc90003792fe8
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data+0x7c/0xa0 kernel/kcov.c:263
Code: 00 8b bf 14 17 00 00 48 8b 30 48 c1 e7 03 4c 8d 1c b5 00 00 00 00 4a 8d 14 dd 28 00 00 00 48 39 d7 72 1b 48 83 c6 01 48 89 30 <4c> 89 44 10 e0 4c 89 4c 10 e8 4c 89 54 10 f0 4a 89 4c d8 20 e9 9b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900016cfec0 EFLAGS: 00010257
RAX: ffffc90003793000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff824af562
RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000002000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: fffffffffffffffc R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556039d400(0000) GS:ffff8880d5d59000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffc90003792fe8 CR3: 0000000033822000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 8b bf 14 17 00    	add    %cl,0x1714bf(%rbx)
   6:	00 48 8b             	add    %cl,-0x75(%rax)
   9:	30 48 c1             	xor    %cl,-0x3f(%rax)
   c:	e7 03                	out    %eax,$0x3
   e:	4c 8d 1c b5 00 00 00 	lea    0x0(,%rsi,4),%r11
  15:	00
  16:	4a 8d 14 dd 28 00 00 	lea    0x28(,%r11,8),%rdx
  1d:	00
  1e:	48 39 d7             	cmp    %rdx,%rdi
  21:	72 1b                	jb     0x3e
  23:	48 83 c6 01          	add    $0x1,%rsi
  27:	48 89 30             	mov    %rsi,(%rax)
* 2a:	4c 89 44 10 e0       	mov    %r8,-0x20(%rax,%rdx,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	4c 89 4c 10 e8       	mov    %r9,-0x18(%rax,%rdx,1)
  34:	4c 89 54 10 f0       	mov    %r10,-0x10(%rax,%rdx,1)
  39:	4a 89 4c d8 20       	mov    %rcx,0x20(%rax,%r11,8)
  3e:	e9                   	.byte 0xe9
  3f:	9b                   	fwait

Crashes (458):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/14 22:11 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 704340f1cd0d 924033e8 .config console log report C ci-qemu-upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/22 02:12 upstream 93f51579e7df a8efa948 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 21:59 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 20:10 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 12:49 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 11:41 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 10:27 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 08:48 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 08:23 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 04:47 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/20 02:39 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 20:51 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 16:26 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 15:10 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 03:46 upstream f259f446f519 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 03:01 upstream f259f446f519 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 02:00 upstream f259f446f519 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/19 00:55 upstream f259f446f519 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/18 11:09 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/18 09:22 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/18 08:12 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/18 07:57 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/17 10:41 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/17 08:54 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/16 21:10 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f b0e4c57e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/16 08:18 upstream f6e7b42bf05b 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/15 10:25 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/15 07:59 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/15 07:57 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/14 19:58 upstream 704340f1cd0d 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/14 03:25 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/14 02:08 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 17:06 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 16:41 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 13:25 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 10:40 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 01:43 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 00:30 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/13 00:26 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 23:26 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 23:25 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 22:04 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 19:46 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 12:29 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 11:19 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 10:05 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 09:00 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 07:43 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/12 07:40 upstream 827751b699b7 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/09/11 21:57 upstream 08df884136f1 9c29f801 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/08/01 06:30 upstream a2cf4ef33184 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/07/30 20:56 upstream 11028ab62899 abc81b93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
2026/07/29 04:47 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in write_comp_data
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.