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kernel BUG in do_journal_release

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/27 17:48
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+2e74a8aa09597f00683c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 227d, last: 8m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/02 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 3a8ababb8b6a C [report] kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2025/08/02 upstream (ToT) 186f3edfdd41 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in do_journal_release missing-backport origin:upstream -1 C done 5488 48m 1060d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/16 13:56
upstream kernel BUG at fs/reiserfs/journal.c:LINE! fs -1 C done done 1718 784d 2902d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/03 05:26
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in do_journal_release origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C done 2379 2d09h 1019d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/05/27 17:26
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/10 00:10 2h49m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1916!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 5876 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:do_journal_release+0x53a/0x550 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1916
Code: b6 ff e9 49 fc ff ff 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c b9 fc ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 d0 bd b6 ff e9 ac fc ff ff e8 d6 4d 5f ff <0f> 0b e8 cf 4d 5f ff 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000357fb00 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82265d2a RBX: ffff88807cbd8000 RCX: ffff88802238bc00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc9000357fbf8 R08: ffffc9000357fb77 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc9000357fb40 R11: fffff520006aff6f R12: ffffc900036b1000
R13: 1ffff920006aff64 R14: ffff88807cbd8630 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00005555873a9500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000c000049018 CR3: 000000001ef24000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 journal_release+0x1f/0x30 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1971
 reiserfs_put_super+0x222/0x480 fs/reiserfs/super.c:616
 generic_shutdown_super+0x134/0x2b0 fs/super.c:693
 kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1660
 deactivate_locked_super+0x97/0x100 fs/super.c:481
 cleanup_mnt+0x429/0x4c0 fs/namespace.c:1259
 task_work_run+0x1ce/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:245
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf6/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa3a4390a77
Code: a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 c7 c2 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8
RSP: 002b:00007fff91b83488 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fa3a4413d7d RCX: 00007fa3a4390a77
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fff91b83540
RBP: 00007fff91b83540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff91b845d0
R13: 00007fa3a4413d7d R14: 0000000000014cd1 R15: 00007fff91b84610
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:do_journal_release+0x53a/0x550 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:1916
Code: b6 ff e9 49 fc ff ff 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c b9 fc ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 d0 bd b6 ff e9 ac fc ff ff e8 d6 4d 5f ff <0f> 0b e8 cf 4d 5f ff 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000357fb00 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82265d2a RBX: ffff88807cbd8000 RCX: ffff88802238bc00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc9000357fbf8 R08: ffffc9000357fb77 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc9000357fb40 R11: fffff520006aff6f R12: ffffc900036b1000
R13: 1ffff920006aff64 R14: ffff88807cbd8630 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00005555873a9500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000c000049018 CR3: 000000001ef24000 CR4: 00000000003506f0

Crashes (1784):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/13 02:48 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2025/11/05 21:16 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd a6c9c731 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2025/07/27 18:39 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/11 19:05 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/11 15:22 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/11 03:13 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/10 14:42 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/10 02:30 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/09 14:45 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/09 09:03 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/07 00:58 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/06 13:14 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/06 13:12 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/06 01:14 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/05 22:25 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/05 16:44 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/05 13:11 linux-6.6.y 682d8e2f892b d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/05 01:04 linux-6.6.y 682d8e2f892b a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/05 01:01 linux-6.6.y 682d8e2f892b a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/04 16:11 linux-6.6.y 682d8e2f892b e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/04 13:11 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/03 14:20 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/03 01:31 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/02 13:35 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/03/02 13:35 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/28 04:10 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/27 16:16 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/27 00:37 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/26 12:40 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/26 12:40 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/25 23:58 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/25 11:43 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/25 00:01 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/24 11:23 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/24 11:20 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/23 23:41 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/23 11:15 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/20 19:50 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/20 19:47 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/20 07:16 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/19 19:24 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e c8d8c52d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/19 04:33 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/19 04:33 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/18 17:10 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2026/02/18 04:23 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
2025/07/27 17:47 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in do_journal_release
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.