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WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/12 02:21
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+b8c48ea38ca27d150063@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 78d, last: 8h05m
Cause bisection: introduced by (bisect log) :
commit 04efcee6ef8d0f01eef495db047e7216d6e6e38f
Author: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Date: Fri Apr 4 16:11:22 2025 +0000

  net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE

Crash: WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Discussions (3)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH net-next] bonding: Remove support for use_carrier = 0 9 (9) 2025/08/04 15:53
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev (2) 4 (9) 2025/08/02 23:28
[PATCH net] bonding: switch bond_miimon_inspect to rtnl lock 4 (4) 2025/06/16 23:21
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev net -1 C done 1038 78d 141d 28/29 fixed on 2025/06/10 16:19
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/02 23:09 17m hdanton@sina.com patch upstream OK log
2025/06/16 15:54 12m stfomichev@gmail.com patch upstream report log

Sample crash report:
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RTNL: assertion failed at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h (72)
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 60 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:72 netdev_ops_assert_locked include/net/netdev_lock.h:72 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 60 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:72 __linkwatch_sync_dev+0x1ed/0x230 net/core/link_watch.c:279
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 60 Comm: kworker/u32:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: bond0 bond_mii_monitor
RIP: 0010:netdev_ops_assert_locked include/net/netdev_lock.h:72 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__linkwatch_sync_dev+0x1ed/0x230 net/core/link_watch.c:279
Code: 05 ff ff ff e8 14 ea 43 f8 c6 05 3b 0e 1c 07 01 90 ba 48 00 00 00 48 c7 c6 60 ec e5 8c 48 c7 c7 00 ec e5 8c e8 b4 8f 02 f8 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 d6 fe ff ff 48 c7 c7 54 7e ab 90 e8 4e 45 aa f8 e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000adf9f0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880383fc000 RCX: ffffffff817a3358
RDX: ffff88801fab2440 RSI: ffffffff817a3365 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff9200015bf48
R13: ffff8880383fccc1 R14: ffffffff8c59dc20 R15: ffffffff89b0c410
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d66b9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd46eacf48 CR3: 000000000e380000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ethtool_op_get_link+0x1d/0x70 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:63
 bond_check_dev_link+0x3fc/0x710 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:865
 bond_miimon_inspect drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2762 [inline]
 bond_mii_monitor+0x3c0/0x2dc0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2984
 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3236
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x5d7/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (776):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/26 06:23 upstream b6add54ba618 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/06/13 20:29 upstream 27605c8c0f69 0e8da31f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/29 13:06 net afd8c2c9e2e2 c4a95487 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/26 01:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 82af5ea7c611 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/12 15:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ec4801305969 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/02 20:11 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 3c795c3404e8 0cd59a8f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 16:49 upstream b6add54ba618 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 16:49 upstream b6add54ba618 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 08:03 upstream c330cb607721 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 18:16 upstream c330cb607721 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 11:55 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 09:42 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 05:47 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/23 20:39 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 03:14 upstream 3957a5720157 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 01:50 upstream 3957a5720157 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/21 16:43 upstream 32b7144f806e 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/21 12:10 upstream 41cd3fd15263 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 13:39 upstream b19a97d57c15 bd178e57 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 12:32 upstream b19a97d57c15 bd178e57 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 06:06 upstream b19a97d57c15 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/12 22:07 upstream 53e760d89498 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/31 14:15 upstream 260f6f4fda93 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/13 09:56 upstream 3f31a806a62e 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/26 04:20 upstream 327579671a9b fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/27 18:36 upstream 39f90c196721 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/27 13:27 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/27 12:04 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/27 03:42 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/26 18:52 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/26 13:48 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/26 11:06 upstream fab1beda7597 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 19:02 upstream b6add54ba618 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 20:30 upstream 69fd6b99b8f8 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/23 18:51 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/23 05:21 upstream 6debb6904172 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 10:56 upstream 3957a5720157 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/21 13:14 upstream 32b7144f806e 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 20:20 upstream b19a97d57c15 bd178e57 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/19 18:43 upstream b19a97d57c15 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/19 10:59 upstream be48bcf004f9 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/18 22:41 upstream be48bcf004f9 6e8d317a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/18 11:25 upstream c17b750b3ad9 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/18 05:32 upstream 8d561baae505 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/18 03:54 upstream 8d561baae505 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/17 21:42 upstream 8d561baae505 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/08 22:45 upstream d006330be3f7 4d9fdfa4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/06/10 22:16 upstream f09079bd04a9 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/06/10 19:38 upstream f09079bd04a9 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 09:45 upstream b19a97d57c15 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/28 15:43 upstream 038d61fd6422 032c6886 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/07/11 16:43 upstream bc9ff192a6c9 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/06/28 08:42 upstream 35e261cd95dd fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm32 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 02:15 net 01792bc3e5bd 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 08:39 net-next b1c92cdf5af3 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/26 03:10 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 13:49 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/25 09:44 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/24 02:17 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/23 15:59 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 21:56 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 17:08 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/22 15:49 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/21 08:54 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/21 01:03 linux-next 5303936d609e 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 10:58 linux-next 5303936d609e 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 06:29 linux-next 5303936d609e 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/20 03:55 linux-next 886e5e7b0432 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
2025/08/17 15:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 8f5ae30d69d7 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __linkwatch_sync_dev
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.