WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/21 13:48
Reported-by: syzbot+66f9ae406193659b49d9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 100d, last: 5d20h
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list wireless -1 syz, C inconclusive error 3489 813d 2166d 26/29 fixed on 2024/06/18 10:18
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) wireless -1 4 792d 795d 26/29 fixed on 2024/08/06 11:02
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list origin:lts-only -1 syz error 5 769d 875d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/29 16:41
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) -1 1 517d 517d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/08 17:04
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) -1 1 109d 109d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/20 18:34
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) -1 1 412d 412d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/21 12:19
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list -1 1 758d 758d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/09 19:50
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) prio:low wireless -1 syz, C error done 52 25d 720d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/09/09 00:10
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) -1 1 332d 332d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/09 12:28

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12679 at net/mac80211/rx.c:5348 ieee80211_rx_list+0x239d/0x3240 net/mac80211/rx.c:5348
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 12679 Comm: dhcpcd-run-hook Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_rx_list+0x239d/0x3240 net/mac80211/rx.c:5348
Code: 24 18 e9 ef e0 ff ff e8 11 9c 7d f7 4c 8b 64 24 18 e9 e0 e0 ff ff e8 02 9c 7d f7 4c 8b 64 24 18 e9 d1 e0 ff ff e8 f3 9b 7d f7 <0f> 0b 4c 8b 64 24 18 e9 c0 e0 ff ff e8 e2 9b 7d f7 48 c7 44 24 70
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001f09c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8a09d67d RBX: ffff888077ae961d RCX: ffff88801bf49e00
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffffc900001f0c10 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff223dea0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff223dea1 R12: ffff888077aeb3a8
R13: 1ffff9200003e14c R14: ffff888077ae8ec0 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f20f8ecb368 CR3: 0000000061530000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x1ae/0x3c0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5462
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4971 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x105/0x190 net/mac80211/main.c:319
 tasklet_action_common+0x2d4/0x460 kernel/softirq.c:809
 handle_softirqs+0x27d/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x8/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:215
Code: 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb e8 13 00 00 00 48 8b 3d 3c 16 05 0d 48 89 de 5b e9 c3 ac 57 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 <65> 48 8b 0d c0 45 7c 7e 65 8b 15 c1 45 7c 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004607530 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: ffffffff813ba8d0 RBX: ffffffff8ea47780 RCX: ffff88801bf49e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff81df9ebf RDI: ffffffff81df9d9e
RBP: ffffffff8ea47780 R08: ffffc900046076d0 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff81df9d9e
R13: ffffffff8ea47784 R14: ffffffff81df9ebf R15: ffffffff8ea47780
 __orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:99 [inline]
 orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:227 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0x500/0x2990 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:494
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x290 mm/slub.c:3852
 vma_lock_free kernel/fork.c:473 [inline]
 __vm_area_free+0xe4/0x110 kernel/fork.c:529
 remove_vma mm/mmap.c:146 [inline]
 exit_mmap+0x61d/0xb90 mm/mmap.c:3326
 __mmput+0x118/0x3a0 kernel/fork.c:1362
 exit_mm+0x23f/0x340 kernel/exit.c:576
 do_exit+0x909/0x2530 kernel/exit.c:877
 do_group_exit+0x22d/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1032
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1043 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1041 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1041
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f20f8cfb6c5
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f20f8cfb69b.
RSP: 002b:00007ffec9a42558 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffec9a42804 RCX: 00007f20f8cfb6c5
RDX: 00000000000000e7 RSI: ffffffffffffff88 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 00007ffec9a42650 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ffec9a42890 R14: 00007f20f8f03000 R15: 000056259f74dd98
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   2:	f3 0f 1e fa          	endbr64
   6:	53                   	push   %rbx
   7:	48 89 fb             	mov    %rdi,%rbx
   a:	e8 13 00 00 00       	call   0x22
   f:	48 8b 3d 3c 16 05 0d 	mov    0xd05163c(%rip),%rdi        # 0xd051652
  16:	48 89 de             	mov    %rbx,%rsi
  19:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  1a:	e9 c3 ac 57 00       	jmp    0x57ace2
  1f:	cc                   	int3
  20:	cc                   	int3
  21:	cc                   	int3
  22:	f3 0f 1e fa          	endbr64
  26:	48 8b 04 24          	mov    (%rsp),%rax
* 2a:	65 48 8b 0d c0 45 7c 	mov    %gs:0x7e7c45c0(%rip),%rcx        # 0x7e7c45f2 <-- trapping instruction
  31:	7e
  32:	65 8b 15 c1 45 7c 7e 	mov    %gs:0x7e7c45c1(%rip),%edx        # 0x7e7c45fa
  39:	81 e2 00 01 ff 00    	and    $0xff0100,%edx
  3f:	74                   	.byte 0x74

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/24 14:49 linux-6.6.y dc6160265ffc b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/05/21 13:48 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c e195359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.