BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/17 17:42
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+99bf584fb5f18d82cba5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 765d, last: 7d16h
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/12 linux-6.1.y (ToT) e4d90d63d385 C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2024/10/28 upstream (ToT) 819837584309 C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2024/12/12 upstream (ToT) eefa7a9c0699 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf missing-backport origin:upstream 17 syz, C error 123 29d 796d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/17 12:15
Fix bisection attempts (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/11/09 22:37 2h24m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log
2025/06/08 00:50 18m fix candidate upstream error job log
2025/03/19 14:05 1h19m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
REISERFS (device loop0): Using tea hash to sort names
REISERFS (device loop0): Created .reiserfs_priv - reserved for xattr storage.
===================================================================
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000048
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000240-0x0000000000000247]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000006
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
  CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff800000000048] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4515 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : scnprintf_block_head fs/reiserfs/prints.c:152 [inline]
pc : prepare_error_buf+0x1070/0x18c0 fs/reiserfs/prints.c:245
lr : prepare_error_buf+0x7f8/0x18c0 fs/reiserfs/prints.c:246
sp : ffff8000215b6d20
x29: ffff8000215b6ea0 x28: ffff80001c747bf9 x27: ffff80001c748ae0
x26: 000000000000007a x25: dfff800000000000 x24: ffff80001c748af9
x23: ffff8000215b6f40 x22: ffff8000215b6da0 x21: 0000000000000241
x20: ffff8000156ed4c0 x19: ffff7000042b6db4 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d x16: ffff8000082f2858 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 000000000000007a x13: 0000000000ff0100 x12: ffff8000156ed560
x11: ff00800008ccf0cc x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff800008ccf0cc
x8 : 0000000000000048 x7 : 20736e6961746e6f x6 : 6961746e6f632029
x5 : ffff80001c747bf9 x4 : ffff80001c748af9 x3 : ffff800011a94a14
x2 : 000000000000000b x1 : 00000000ffffffc8 x0 : 00000000fffffff9
Call trace:
 scnprintf_block_head fs/reiserfs/prints.c:152 [inline]
 prepare_error_buf+0x1070/0x18c0 fs/reiserfs/prints.c:245
 reiserfs_printk+0xd0/0x128 fs/reiserfs/prints.c:312
 print_leaf fs/reiserfs/prints.c:496 [inline]
 print_block+0x320/0x14e0 fs/reiserfs/prints.c:626
 reiserfs_cut_from_item+0x1508/0x1a34 fs/reiserfs/stree.c:1726
 reiserfs_do_truncate+0x728/0xfd0 fs/reiserfs/stree.c:1973
 reiserfs_truncate_file+0x3a4/0xb04 fs/reiserfs/inode.c:2310
 reiserfs_file_release+0x6b8/0x8a0 fs/reiserfs/file.c:109
 __fput+0x1b4/0x7b0 fs/file_table.c:320
 ____fput+0x20/0x30 fs/file_table.c:348
 task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 do_notify_resume+0x20f8/0x2c84 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1151
 prepare_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:137 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:142 [inline]
 el0_svc+0x98/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:638
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: 97f09756 f94002a8 9100a115 d343fea8 (38796908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	97f09756 	bl	0xffffffffffc25d58
   4:	f94002a8 	ldr	x8, [x21]
   8:	9100a115 	add	x21, x8, #0x28
   c:	d343fea8 	lsr	x8, x21, #3
* 10:	38796908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x25] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (144):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/12 18:47 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 70a60e12 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/10 06:57 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/06 19:24 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/30 09:59 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/17 13:19 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/09/08 12:17 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/05/22 00:29 linux-6.1.y 325285d9fc86 dc5d3808 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/02/09 16:39 linux-6.1.y 0cbb5f65e52f ef44b750 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2024/10/28 13:44 linux-6.1.y 7ec6f9fa3d97 65e8686b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/07/23 09:59 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 881ce5c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 KASAN: user-memory-access Read in prepare_error_buf
2026/08/17 02:21 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 746171ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/09/14 01:49 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/09/06 11:02 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/08/10 10:17 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/07/21 05:21 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/07/09 09:11 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/06/28 14:07 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/06/07 07:58 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/06/07 04:40 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/06/03 09:10 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/31 21:30 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/25 20:20 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/25 06:39 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/25 02:48 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/15 05:12 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/10 06:14 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/14 05:53 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/14 01:40 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/08 18:04 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/08 05:43 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/06 17:55 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/05 14:07 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/01/01 22:21 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/29 03:38 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/26 02:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/25 22:05 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/17 12:45 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/17 01:54 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/06 01:35 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/12/05 08:08 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/11/29 15:12 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/11/27 12:08 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/10/26 08:48 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/10/02 10:53 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 267f56c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/09/20 09:04 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/09/08 11:36 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/07/15 22:27 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/06/09 10:01 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/06/02 23:27 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f b396b4bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/06/02 03:55 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/05/21 23:51 linux-6.1.y 325285d9fc86 dc5d3808 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2025/05/19 07:57 linux-6.1.y 325285d9fc86 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2024/08/17 17:41 linux-6.1.y 117ac406ba90 dbc93b08 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in prepare_error_buf
2026/05/14 22:11 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 KASAN: user-memory-access Read in prepare_error_buf
2026/03/01 00:10 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 KASAN: user-memory-access Read in prepare_error_buf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.