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kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/02/18 21:59
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2b5fe617654be3d8848b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 122d, last: 11d
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87894511-0453-4318-be55-535061d610f0 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3) 2026/05/24 23:27 2026/05/24 23:27 2026/05/25 00:58 c69befb30ac10e158cc9d1557b508ee3f0eca1de

			
		
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[PATCH] mm/page_table_check: do not track special (PFN-mapped) PTEs 4 (4) 2026/06/12 14:24
[syzbot] [mm?] kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3) 0 (1) 2026/02/18 21:59
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (2) mm -1 C error done 32 583d 593d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/19 02:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 3 633d 1094d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/18 21:38
upstream kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero usb -1 C error done 213 634d 1122d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 13:24

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at [] mm/page_table_check.c:142!
Kernel BUG [#1]
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5711 Comm: syz.1.671 Tainted: G        W    L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
epc : __page_table_check_zero+0x386/0x534 mm/page_table_check.c:142
 ra : __page_table_check_zero+0x386/0x534 mm/page_table_check.c:142
epc : ffffffff80c4e466 ra : ffffffff80c4e466 sp : ffff8f8002946f80
 gp : ffffffff8a2739c0 tp : ffffaf801baa3500 t0 : 0000000000000000
 t1 : fffff5ef0278f009 t2 : ffffffff9164ab80 s0 : ffff8f8002946ff0
 s1 : ffffaf8013c78048 a0 : 0000000000000005 a1 : 0000000000000000
 a2 : 0000000000000002 a3 : ffffffff80c4e466 a4 : 0000000000000000
 a5 : ffffaf801baa4500 a6 : 0000000000000003 a7 : ffffaf8013c7804b
 s2 : 0000000000000001 s3 : 0000000000000000 s4 : ffffaf8013c78000
 s5 : dfffffff00000000 s6 : 00000000000b9800 s7 : 0000000000000200
 s8 : 0000000000000009 s9 : 0000000000007fff s10: fffffffef147217c
 s11: ffffffff8a390be0 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : fffff5ef0278f009
 t5 : fffff5ef0278f00a t6 : 0000000000000002 ssp : 0000000000000000
status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: ffffffff80c4e466 cause: 0000000000000003
[<ffffffff80c4e466>] __page_table_check_zero+0x386/0x534 mm/page_table_check.c:142
[<ffffffff80ad399e>] page_table_check_free include/linux/page_table_check.h:46 [inline]
[<ffffffff80ad399e>] __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1403 [inline]
[<ffffffff80ad399e>] free_unref_folios+0xb1e/0x1adc mm/page_alloc.c:3004
[<ffffffff8090314c>] folios_put_refs+0x458/0x7c8 mm/swap.c:1008
[<ffffffff80b1feb8>] free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x278/0x3c0 mm/swap_state.c:404
[<ffffffff80a4637c>] __tlb_batch_free_encoded_pages+0xe4/0x25c mm/mmu_gather.c:138
[<ffffffff80a48f00>] tlb_batch_pages_flush mm/mmu_gather.c:151 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a48f00>] tlb_flush_mmu_free mm/mmu_gather.c:417 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a48f00>] tlb_flush_mmu mm/mmu_gather.c:424 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a48f00>] tlb_finish_mmu+0x188/0x824 mm/mmu_gather.c:549
[<ffffffff80a428fe>] exit_mmap+0x416/0xcc0 mm/mmap.c:1313
[<ffffffff80142b36>] __mmput+0x106/0x3d0 kernel/fork.c:1178
[<ffffffff80142e74>] mmput+0x74/0x88 kernel/fork.c:1201
[<ffffffff801638d6>] exit_mm kernel/exit.c:582 [inline]
[<ffffffff801638d6>] do_exit+0x876/0x2a18 kernel/exit.c:964
[<ffffffff80165fa6>] do_group_exit+0xca/0x258 kernel/exit.c:1119
[<ffffffff8019fc5e>] get_signal+0x1f56/0x2224 kernel/signal.c:3037
[<ffffffff800734e2>] arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xcb2/0x1e08 arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c:534
[<ffffffff803cb66a>] __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:64 [inline]
[<ffffffff803cb66a>] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0xcd4 kernel/entry/common.c:98
[<ffffffff8646998c>] __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
[<ffffffff8646998c>] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
[<ffffffff8646998c>] syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
[<ffffffff8646998c>] do_trap_ecall_u+0x4fc/0x638 arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c:345
[<ffffffff86494eb0>] handle_exception+0x168/0x174 arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S:232
Code: c7c0 8526 d0ef 88af 8a2a b7a1 0097 ff8d 80e7 c6a0 (9002) 0097 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	c7c0                	sw	s0,12(a5)
   2:	8526                	mv	a0,s1
   4:	88afd0ef          	jal	0xffffffffffffd08e
   8:	8a2a                	mv	s4,a0
   a:	b7a1                	j	0xffffffffffffff52
   c:	ff8d0097          	auipc	ra,0xff8d0
  10:	c6a080e7          	jalr	-918(ra) # 0xff8cfc76
* 14:	9002                	ebreak <-- trapping instruction
  16:	9700                	.short	0x0097

Crashes (265):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/05 00:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 197909be .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/01 07:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/01 00:07 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/26 07:44 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/26 07:43 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/24 12:25 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 19:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 05:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 04:23 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 00:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 19:56 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 17:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 16:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 15:07 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 11:29 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 09:15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 09:13 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 08:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 06:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 00:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 23:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 19:17 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 15:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 13:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 03:03 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/20 01:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/20 00:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/19 16:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/19 04:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 07:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 07:29 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 06:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 01:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 00:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 20:25 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 18:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 14:43 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 09:18 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 04:32 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 01:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 23:30 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 16:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 12:19 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 06:13 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 04:20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/11 03:16 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/03/09 08:50 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/02/16 13:32 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/02/14 21:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.