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WARNING in dev_watchdog

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/10 20:16
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+2c8f0024310bcf69a3af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1146d, last: 8d00h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/01/25 linux-5.15.y (ToT) ddcaf4999061 C [report] WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/01/25 upstream (ToT) 6098d87eaf31 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog (5) net -1 1 350d 350d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/07/02 15:51
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog (3) net -1 1 634d 634d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/09/04 18:18
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog (2) net -1 C inconclusive 6791 822d 2221d 25/29 fixed on 2024/01/30 15:47
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog (4) net -1 1 439d 439d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/03/17 11:07
linux-6.1 WARNING in dev_watchdog origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 149 608d 1145d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/11 19:14
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog -1 25 3147d 3171d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/10/22 12:45
upstream WARNING in dev_watchdog (6) net -1 1 174d 174d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2026/01/09 17:04
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/09 06:33 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/09 06:33 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/22 06:15 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/22 06:15 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/22 06:15 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/02/28 18:26 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/02/28 18:26 19m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/02/28 18:26 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/22 19:01 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/22 19:01 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/03/22 16:56 2h47m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log
2024/01/23 20:36 0m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
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NETDEV WATCHDOG: sl0 (): transmit queue 0 timed out
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 14 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:481 dev_watchdog+0x8d3/0xab0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:480
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:dev_watchdog+0x8d3/0xab0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:480
Code: f9 c6 05 4c c9 74 05 01 4c 8b 74 24 28 4c 89 f7 e8 e2 f6 e3 ff 48 c7 c7 80 3e 22 8b 4c 89 f6 48 89 c2 44 89 e1 e8 bd 67 b0 01 <0f> 0b e9 31 fe ff ff e8 e1 b2 77 f9 0f 0b e9 13 fe ff ff 44 89 e1
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d379a8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: b73d4300169d0800 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff88813fe29dc0
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000101 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff888028f9d868 R08: ffffc90000d374c7 R09: 1ffff920001a6e98
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520001a6e99 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88802232c540 R14: ffff88802232c000 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f9d72eb80c0 CR3: 000000000c08e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1648
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1699 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x53e/0x800 kernel/time/timer.c:1970
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1983
 handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 run_ksoftirqd+0xa4/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:943
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x4f6/0x970 kernel/smpboot.c:164
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (279):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/22 02:47 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 0b6ab7ec .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/09/20 03:57 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/06/20 11:35 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc ed3e87f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/01/25 08:15 linux-5.15.y ddcaf4999061 1e153dc8 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2023/06/23 04:59 linux-5.15.y f67653019430 79782afc .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/09/22 00:19 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 6f888b75 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/09/18 14:55 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 c673ca06 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/05/19 14:26 linux-5.15.y 83655231580b c0f1611a .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/04/22 17:22 linux-5.15.y c52b9710c83d 36c961ad .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2023/10/13 12:17 linux-5.15.y 02e21884dcf2 6388bc36 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2023/05/28 20:55 linux-5.15.y 1fe619a7d252 cf184559 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/04/19 19:06 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/04/19 17:26 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/04/12 07:25 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/04/11 12:18 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/03/26 05:29 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b c6143aac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/03/07 22:31 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2026/02/14 17:58 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/09/13 10:54 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/29 13:36 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 c4a95487 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/23 00:16 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 8e9d1dc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/20 19:54 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/15 22:33 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/15 21:09 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/15 13:02 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/05/04 13:06 linux-5.15.y 16fdf2c7111b b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/22 23:10 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c c6512ef7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/21 18:06 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 62330552 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/01/25 16:54 linux-5.15.y 003148680b79 9fbd772e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/01/24 20:33 linux-5.15.y 003148680b79 1293872d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/01/08 09:32 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/10/06 04:13 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/10/04 10:14 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/08/06 00:59 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c e35c337f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/11 18:16 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 4d75f4f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/10 17:16 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 048c640a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/04 15:05 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 11f2afa5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/04 00:16 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a a1feae05 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/03 08:54 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 0aba2352 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/06/01 03:08 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 3113787f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/05/31 10:41 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a 0c378259 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/05/28 00:58 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a f550015e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/05/25 20:10 linux-5.15.y c61bd26ae81a a10a183e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/08/12 00:31 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 c06e8995 .config console log report [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/08/12 00:23 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 c06e8995 .config console log report [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/08/02 08:11 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/07/26 14:10 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/04/24 04:46 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 73a168d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/28 02:26 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 6c09fb82 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/21 08:52 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 62330552 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/07 12:00 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 831e3629 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/03/03 12:54 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/02/26 13:54 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/02/22 14:29 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/02/14 19:13 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 1022af74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/01/25 15:52 linux-5.15.y 003148680b79 9fbd772e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2025/01/19 22:02 linux-5.15.y 4735586da88e f2cb035c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/12/20 20:34 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 0f61b415 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/10/04 23:00 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/09/14 17:12 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 c7e35043 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2024/08/27 11:29 linux-5.15.y fa93fa65db6e 9aee4e0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in dev_watchdog
2023/03/10 20:16 linux-5.15.y abddfcf701a5 5205ef30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in dev_watchdog
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.