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WARNING in inc_nlink (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/28 21:17
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+9e9d439464190b89a70c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 608d, last: 1d15h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit fb6f20ecb121cef4d7946f834a6ee867c4e21b4a
Author: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: Thu Oct 17 10:28:23 2024 +0000

  reiserfs: The last commit

  
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/27 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 563edd786f0a C [report] WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/12/29 upstream (ToT) 8735c7c84d1b C [report] WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/12/27 upstream (ToT) d6ef8b40d075 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in inc_nlink origin:lts-only -1 C 15 20d 67d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/21 08:35
linux-4.19 WARNING in inc_nlink (2) -1 C error 102 1005d 1760d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/11/01 15:25
linux-5.15 WARNING in inc_nlink origin:lts-only -1 C done 707 5h00m 892d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/20 05:26
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink (2) fs -1 C inconclusive done 21 1268d 1605d 20/29 fixed on 2022/03/08 16:11
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink (3) fs -1 C error error 6870 7d22h 1259d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/03/17 16:37
linux-6.1 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 81 848d 871d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/31 15:23
linux-4.19 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 8 1835d 1983d 1/1 fixed on 2020/09/18 07:23
linux-4.14 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 21 1842d 1984d 1/1 fixed on 2020/09/11 09:49
linux-4.14 WARNING in inc_nlink (2) -1 C 47 920d 1755d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/11/06 09:55
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 26 1872d 1975d 15/29 fixed on 2020/09/16 22:51
Fix bisection attempts (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/01/31 12:21 3h48m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2024/08/14 23:18 2m bisect fix linux-6.1.y error job log
2024/07/05 01:13 1h28m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/03/20 09:43 1h03m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/02/01 03:08 1h06m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 128
VFS: Found a Xenix FS (block size = 1024) on device loop0
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4435 at fs/inode.c:389 inc_nlink+0x11d/0x130 fs/inode.c:389
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4435 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted 6.1.148-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:inc_nlink+0x11d/0x130 fs/inode.c:389
Code: 78 eb ff e9 3a ff ff ff 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 4c ff ff ff 48 89 df e8 ad 78 eb ff e9 3f ff ff ff e8 13 5c 9b ff <0f> 0b eb 82 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003497d60 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81e5624d RBX: ffff88806ded8080 RCX: ffff8880731b8000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1002ec2b57
R10: ffffed1002ec2b57 R11: 1ffff11002ec2b56 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff1100dbdb010 R14: ffff88806ded8038 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556720a500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2d763fff CR3: 000000002ffe1000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 inode_inc_link_count include/linux/fs.h:2576 [inline]
 sysv_mkdir+0x1d/0x120 fs/sysv/namei.c:119
 vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4106
 do_mkdirat+0x1d0/0x430 fs/namei.c:4131
 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4151 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:4149 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6a/0x80 fs/namei.c:4149
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f1f9b78ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe76f26c58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000053
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1f9b9b5fa0 RCX: 00007f1f9b78ebe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000180
RBP: 00007f1f9b811e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1f9b9b5fa0 R14: 00007f1f9b9b5fa0 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Crashes (392):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/26 15:28 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/10/28 03:25 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 WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/12/29 06:44 linux-6.1.y 4aa6747d9352 fb427a07 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/26 14:47 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/05/18 04:57 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d f41472b0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/02/05 07:57 linux-6.1.y 0cbb5f65e52f 5896748e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/04/14 09:36 linux-6.1.y cd5d98c0556c c8349e48 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/07 09:42 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/07 23:17 linux-6.1.y 04d1ccaa9c28 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/30 11:23 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/29 15:14 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/25 11:09 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/23 06:28 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/22 10:20 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/22 09:25 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/21 09:37 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/12/28 21:16 linux-6.1.y 4aa6747d9352 fb427a07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/26 13:53 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/25 08:51 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/25 06:56 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/18 12:50 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/17 20:47 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/17 05:06 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/17 01:22 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/16 17:20 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/14 10:00 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/13 21:46 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/11 12:39 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/03 13:23 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/19 19:25 linux-6.1.y 3369c6df2fae 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/19 17:52 linux-6.1.y 3369c6df2fae 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/15 21:24 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/15 19:04 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/14 01:32 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/13 09:53 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/13 03:41 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/12 11:00 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/11 22:03 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/11 22:03 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/11 16:34 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/11 13:45 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/11 08:44 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/07/08 12:55 linux-6.1.y 04d1ccaa9c28 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/30 02:32 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/23 12:24 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/22 14:17 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/22 06:04 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/20 09:56 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/19 22:57 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/06/16 09:41 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5f4b362d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.