syzbot


WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:46
Bug presence: origin:upstream
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+48f1b5af9d99f72922d5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 68d, last: 2d01h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/19 upstream (ToT) 097a6c336d00 C [report] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/05 upstream (ToT) 1c353dc8d962 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 1146 15h46m 71d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/07 01:50
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref ext4 -1 C error 1291 19d 68d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 635 2d13h 68d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:56
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref (2) ext4 -1 C error 618 2h30m 18d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/30 22:34

Sample crash report:
syz.0.17[5949]: memfd_create() called without MFD_EXEC or MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL set
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
------------[ cut here ]------------
EA inode 11 i_nlink=2
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5949 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1075 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4fb/0x550 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1073
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5949 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4fb/0x550 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1073
Code: 8d 7e 50 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 c6 3b 9a ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 a0 c3 be 8a 89 da e8 c5 5d 0d ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 74 24 08 4c 8b 7c 24 10 e9 b9 fe ff ff e8 6f 1d 2c 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000464f2e0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: f1e7fe43e47a8000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: ffff8880277b9e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc9000464f3d0 R08: ffff8880b8f28c13 R09: 1ffff110171e5182
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e5183 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff8880726baca8 R14: ffff8880726baab0 R15: ffff8880726bab00
FS:  000055556442a500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f55c3f45000 CR3: 0000000075cb3000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1098 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0xa2b/0xf90 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1240
 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0xa45/0xc00 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2968
 ext4_evict_inode+0xaa3/0xea0 fs/ext4/inode.c:269
 evict+0x486/0x870 fs/inode.c:705
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbd4/0x1400 fs/ext4/orphan.c:470
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5601 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x5de4/0x66c0 fs/ext4/super.c:5724
 get_tree_bdev+0x3e4/0x510 fs/super.c:1591
 vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x280 fs/super.c:1764
 do_new_mount+0x24b/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3386
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2da/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3912
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f95f6190e6a
Code: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb a6 e8 de 1a 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffff618e618 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffff618e6a0 RCX: 00007f95f6190e6a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 00007ffff618e660
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007ffff618e6a0 R09: 0000000001a08700
R10: 0000000001a08700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00002000000001c0
R13: 00007ffff618e660 R14: 0000000000000470 R15: 0000200000000700
 </TASK>

Crashes (422):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/15 22:59 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/15 04:21 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/15 04:15 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/14 04:40 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/13 08:19 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/13 02:39 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/13 01:03 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/12 00:45 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/12 00:36 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/11 17:22 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/11 12:28 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/11 10:08 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/10 21:02 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/10 04:30 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/09 15:59 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/09 15:24 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/09 01:46 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/08 15:17 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/08 12:33 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/08 06:18 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/08 04:54 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/06 12:24 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/06 12:11 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/05 04:34 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/04 10:56 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/04 05:39 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/03 01:46 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/03 01:37 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/02 08:34 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/02 02:10 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/31 19:04 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/31 14:44 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/31 08:35 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/31 03:54 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/30 10:45 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/29 23:16 linux-6.6.y e5bbb12db2c7 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/29 09:32 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/29 02:51 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/28 23:43 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/28 16:42 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/27 23:31 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/27 11:41 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/27 11:38 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:48 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 09:45 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.