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BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (10)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/02/02 15:32
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+35cd0fb28663baa18cf0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 88d, last: 11d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
a87c01af-0b2c-4d65-899f-b0113870c0a6 repro BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (10) 2026/03/08 12:24 2026/03/08 12:24 2026/03/08 12:34 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all 10 1 2198d 2198d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/18 08:06
linux-4.19 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (2) 10 8 1565d 1802d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/13 11:55
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (4) mm 10 8 3016d 3064d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/02/12 16:58
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (6) ext4 10 syz 7 2576d 2674d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/12/31 07:50
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (7) tomoyo 10 7 2179d 2239d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/07/06 10:57
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (2) kernel 10 1 3093d 3093d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/11/09 10:06
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (8) kvm 10 11 2033d 2055d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/30 15:56
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all fs 10 1 3128d 3128d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/10/18 09:51
linux-4.14 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all 10 2 2168d 2202d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/17 07:42
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (9) net 10 1 445d 445d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/03/17 11:18
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qlist_free_all (7) kernel 10 20 1606d 1827d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/03/03 13:56
linux-4.14 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (2) 10 3 1808d 1833d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/12 03:17
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (5) fs 10 19 2923d 2980d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/05/26 17:43
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all (3) mm 10 8 3066d 3083d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2017/12/05 10:45
android-54 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qlist_free_all 8 1 383d 383d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/08 02:12

Sample crash report:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0 
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5191 Comm: udevd Tainted: G          I  L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [I]=FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline]
RIP: 0010:qlist_free_all+0x8d/0xf0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
Code: 48 89 c2 48 c1 e2 06 48 03 15 37 a4 aa 0b 48 8b 42 08 48 89 c1 83 e1 01 48 83 e9 01 48 09 c8 48 21 d0 80 78 33 f5 49 0f 45 c5 <48> 8b 68 08 eb 88 48 83 7d 40 00 75 9b 66 f7 45 08 04 02 75 93 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003607d00 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888085580001 RCX: ffffffffffffffff
RDX: ffffea0002156000 RSI: 0000000000040002 RDI: ffff888085580001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888029c38000 R09: 0000000800040002
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888085580001
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90003607d30 R15: 00000000000000c0
FS:  00007f094a3a3880(0000) GS:ffff888124310000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000007ca10000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x1a0/0x1f0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x69/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4569 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4898 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x241/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:4905
 alloc_filename fs/namei.c:142 [inline]
 do_getname+0x35/0x390 fs/namei.c:182
 class_filename_flags_constructor include/linux/fs.h:2562 [inline]
 do_readlinkat+0xa9/0x370 fs/stat.c:569
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:605 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:602 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x78/0xc0 fs/stat.c:602
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x10b/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f0949d153a7
Code: 00 00 90 48 83 ec 10 48 63 ff 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 6a 00 31 c9 e8 8a 20 f9 ff 48 83 c4 18 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 59 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 8b 15 21 ba 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffdf6215c58 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000059
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffdf6215e60 RCX: 00007f0949d153a7
RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: 00007ffdf6215c60 RDI: 00007ffdf6215e60
RBP: 000055dd6932c910 R08: 0000000000000064 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffdf6215c60
R13: 000055dd4b04f100 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007ffdf6216480
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:qlink_to_cache mm/kasan/quarantine.c:131 [inline]
RIP: 0010:qlist_free_all+0x8d/0xf0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
Code: 48 89 c2 48 c1 e2 06 48 03 15 37 a4 aa 0b 48 8b 42 08 48 89 c1 83 e1 01 48 83 e9 01 48 09 c8 48 21 d0 80 78 33 f5 49 0f 45 c5 <48> 8b 68 08 eb 88 48 83 7d 40 00 75 9b 66 f7 45 08 04 02 75 93 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003607d00 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888085580001 RCX: ffffffffffffffff
RDX: ffffea0002156000 RSI: 0000000000040002 RDI: ffff888085580001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888029c38000 R09: 0000000800040002
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888085580001
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90003607d30 R15: 00000000000000c0
FS:  00007f094a3a3880(0000) GS:ffff888124310000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000007ca10000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	48 89 c2             	mov    %rax,%rdx
   3:	48 c1 e2 06          	shl    $0x6,%rdx
   7:	48 03 15 37 a4 aa 0b 	add    0xbaaa437(%rip),%rdx        # 0xbaaa445
   e:	48 8b 42 08          	mov    0x8(%rdx),%rax
  12:	48 89 c1             	mov    %rax,%rcx
  15:	83 e1 01             	and    $0x1,%ecx
  18:	48 83 e9 01          	sub    $0x1,%rcx
  1c:	48 09 c8             	or     %rcx,%rax
  1f:	48 21 d0             	and    %rdx,%rax
  22:	80 78 33 f5          	cmpb   $0xf5,0x33(%rax)
  26:	49 0f 45 c5          	cmovne %r13,%rax
* 2a:	48 8b 68 08          	mov    0x8(%rax),%rbp <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	eb 88                	jmp    0xffffffb8
  30:	48 83 7d 40 00       	cmpq   $0x0,0x40(%rbp)
  35:	75 9b                	jne    0xffffffd2
  37:	66 f7 45 08 04 02    	testw  $0x204,0x8(%rbp)
  3d:	75 93                	jne    0xffffffd2
  3f:	8b                   	.byte 0x8b

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/16 07:33 upstream 40286d6379aa df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all
2026/01/29 15:25 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in qlist_free_all
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.