kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/06/09 08:13
Subsystems: ext4
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+53c8bd6136cfbe85197e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 104d, last: 30d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] Monthly ext4 report (Aug 2026) 0 (1) 2026/08/11 04:32
[syzbot] [ext4?] kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data (5) 0 (2) 2026/07/11 01:29
Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.14 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data ext4 -1 syz, C 4 1317d 1413d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/04 18:44
upstream kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inline.c:LINE! ext4 -1 syz, C done done 76 1341d 2164d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:50
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data ext4 -1 syz, C error 36 795d 1280d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/22 01:52
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data (4) ext4 -1 syz, C error 13 133d 227d 29/29 fixed on 2026/05/21 07:49
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data origin:upstream -1 syz, C error 13 218d 556d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/03/10 13:01
android-6-1 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data origin:lts -1 syz, C error error 33 49d 1173d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/02 21:30
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data (3) ext4 -1 syz, C error 8 260d 369d 29/29 fixed on 2026/01/07 12:29
linux-4.19 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data_end ext4 -1 syz, C error 12 1294d 2041d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/02/14 13:39
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data (2) ext4 -1 syz, C error 46 451d 665d 29/29 fixed on 2025/07/08 00:33
android-5-10 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data ext4 -1 syz, C error inconclusive 3 1313d 1411d 2/2 fixed on 2023/05/04 14:51
android-54 kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data -1 syz, C 3 1374d 1411d 2/2 fixed on 2023/04/05 17:17
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/04 08:39 28m retest repro upstream no crash job log log

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inline.c:240!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7615 Comm: syz.6.265 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026[  251.132515][ T7615] Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:ext4_write_inline_data+0x429/0x430 fs/ext4/inline.c:240
Code: c1 38 c1 0f 8c 1b ff ff ff 48 89 df 49 89 d4 e8 7d 2a ae ff 4c 89 e2 e9 08 ff ff ff e8 b0 a6 44 ff 90 0f 0b e8 a8 a6 44 ff 90 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004fef388 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff82813338 RBX: 0000000000002000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90004341000 RSI: 00000000000013b2 RDI: 00000000000013b3
RBP: ffff88805d8b2b0a R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100ae2a081 R12: 000000000000003c
R13: ffffc90004fef460 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffff88805d8b2488
FS:  00007fb095f466c0(0000) GS:ffff888125d38000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f881c1334e8 CR3: 0000000030ffc000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_write_inline_data_end+0x33e/0xae0 fs/ext4/inline.c:825
 generic_perform_write+0x5f8/0x8b0 mm/filemap.c:4385
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0xcc/0x370 fs/ext4/file.c:318
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x94b/0x1c90 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 iter_file_splice_write+0xa36/0x1240 fs/splice.c:736
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x104/0x160 fs/splice.c:1159
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x586/0xcc0 fs/splice.c:1103
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x19b/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x540/0x7e0 fs/read_write.c:1371
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1432 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64+0x144/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1418
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb097cee0d9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fb095f46028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000028
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb097f75fa0 RCX: 00007fb097cee0d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb097d85024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000020fffe82 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb097f76038 R14: 00007fb097f75fa0 R15: 00007ffc30bb2078
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:ext4_write_inline_data+0x429/0x430 fs/ext4/inline.c:240
Code: c1 38 c1 0f 8c 1b ff ff ff 48 89 df 49 89 d4 e8 7d 2a ae ff 4c 89 e2 e9 08 ff ff ff e8 b0 a6 44 ff 90 0f 0b e8 a8 a6 44 ff 90 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004fef388 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff82813338 RBX: 0000000000002000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90004341000 RSI: 00000000000013b2 RDI: 00000000000013b3
RBP: ffff88805d8b2b0a R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100ae2a081 R12: 000000000000003c
R13: ffffc90004fef460 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffff88805d8b2488
FS:  00007fb095f466c0(0000) GS:ffff888125d38000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f881c1334e8 CR3: 0000000030ffc000 CR4: 00000000003526f0

Crashes (28):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/18 05:53 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 21:17 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 16:51 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 15:22 upstream d58772d8520c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 09:46 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 05:42 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 05:33 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 03:17 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/11 00:17 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 23:47 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 21:10 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 11:02 upstream db2ddb871435 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 05:35 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 04:10 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/10 00:57 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/09 16:06 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/06 07:32 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/04 10:35 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/08/01 13:02 upstream 0131b508c0e2 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/31 02:44 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/27 18:03 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/27 16:47 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/26 11:49 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/11 01:28 upstream a635d6748234 99e64375 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/02 13:28 upstream 4a50a141f05a 27192279 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/06/09 14:59 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/06/05 08:09 upstream 9154c4af7829 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
2026/07/20 07:23 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.