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WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/05/24 23:40
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+d159dee03e75571264d4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 781d, last: 1d18h
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
e452e71f-f033-4ed5-88d2-f06694995596 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (3) 2026/06/01 06:44 2026/06/01 06:44 2026/06/01 08:15 6b4a844333e83556da95d61d7f207e7ef5cd4bc6

			
		
a5796f26-5cbe-4853-a291-ae7516a79a8f assessment-security 💥 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (3) 2026/05/15 10:33 2026/05/15 10:33 2026/05/15 10:34 9cd3beaadf14b3a22d15fd97a0bf081ee41ebe01
failed to run ["make" "KERNELVERSION=syzkaller" "KERNELRELEASE=syzkaller" "LOCALVERSION=-syzkaller" "-j" "32" "ARCH=x86_64" "CC=ccache clang" "LD=ld.lld" "O=/app/workdir/cache/build/2abb45c88dc2fc9560...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
476f3860-d281-4aa5-8d18-3934879a3138 repro WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (3) 2026/03/07 12:19 2026/03/07 12:19 2026/03/07 12:29 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0

			
		
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[syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (3) 0 (1) 2024/05/24 23:40
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in shmem_evict_inode (2) mm -1 5 904d 1011d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/28 17:43
upstream WARNING in shmem_evict_inode mm -1 syz done unreliable 4 1120d 1279d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/25 00:58
linux-6.1 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode origin:lts-only -1 C done 7 602d 627d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/10/21 21:43

Sample crash report:
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inode->i_blocks
WARNING: mm/shmem.c:1433 at shmem_evict_inode+0x93b/0xc40 mm/shmem.c:1433, CPU#0: syz.0.42/6046
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6046 Comm: syz.0.42 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:shmem_evict_inode+0x93b/0xc40 mm/shmem.c:1433
Code: fe e8 39 b4 b7 ff 45 85 ff 75 ac e8 7f b9 b7 ff 48 8b 74 24 28 48 8b 7c 24 30 e8 60 26 90 ff e9 e5 fd ff ff e8 66 b9 b7 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 59 f9 ff ff e8 58 b9 b7 ff 4c 89 e2 48 b8 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d27a40 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 00000000000642e9 RBX: ffff88802c822570 RCX: ffffc90007b85000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff82501e5a RDI: ffff888029b23d80
RBP: ffffc90003d27b68 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000008
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffed10059044aa R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f7cba8516c0(0000) GS:ffff88812437d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000004010000 CR3: 00000000784a8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 evict+0x3c2/0xad0 fs/inode.c:841
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1960 [inline]
 iput.part.0+0x605/0xf50 fs/inode.c:2009
 iput+0x35/0x40 fs/inode.c:1975
 dentry_unlink_inode+0x2c0/0x4c0 fs/dcache.c:476
 __dentry_kill+0x1d0/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
 finish_dput+0x76/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
 dput.part.0+0x456/0x570 fs/dcache.c:976
 dput+0x1f/0x30 fs/dcache.c:968
 __fput+0x519/0xb50 fs/file_table.c:518
 task_work_run+0x150/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:233
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:67 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x100/0x4a0 kernel/entry/common.c:98
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:238 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x6f2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f7cb999cdd9
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:00007f7cba851028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f7cb9c16090 RCX: 00007f7cb999cdd9
RDX: 00000000000000df RSI: 0000000004020009 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f7cb9a32d69 R08: 0000000000000401 R09: 0000000000008000
R10: 0000000000000eb1 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7cb9c16128 R14: 00007f7cb9c16090 R15: 00007ffe78d35428
 </TASK>

Crashes (95):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/01 09:57 upstream 26fd6bff2c05 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/12/16 05:18 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/07/10 01:13 upstream a635d6748234 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/07/08 02:00 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/06/28 11:35 upstream 780d569e6c4b fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/06/26 08:14 upstream 4edcdefd4083 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/06/13 20:10 upstream 062871f1371b 4f06757f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/06/04 10:53 upstream ba3e43a9e601 197909be .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/05/28 19:54 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 9a5a7e5e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/05/23 09:05 upstream cca95436be15 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/05/19 17:28 upstream ab5fce87a778 2aa09d96 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/05/17 04:24 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/05/16 01:37 upstream d458a240344c 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/21 04:16 upstream b4e07588e743 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/13 23:31 upstream 26ff969926a0 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/12 04:05 upstream e753c16cb3dd 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/09 23:07 upstream a55f7f5f29b3 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/09 04:11 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/07 03:36 upstream bfe62a454542 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/03 17:26 upstream d8a9a4b11a13 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/01 02:43 upstream d0c3bcd5b897 ef441708 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/27 11:45 upstream 46b513250491 ef441708 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/25 08:19 upstream 24f9515de877 b4723e5f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/25 01:38 upstream 24f9515de877 b4723e5f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/18 18:18 upstream a989fde763f4 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/13 21:07 upstream 0257f64bdac7 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/04 12:12 upstream 0031c06807cf e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/03/03 08:26 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/02/28 00:54 upstream a75cb869a8cc 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/02/12 09:53 upstream 1e83ccd5921a 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/02/09 17:30 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/01/30 21:42 upstream 4d310797262f ea6dba22 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/01/19 14:05 upstream 24d479d26b25 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/01/15 12:05 upstream 944aacb68baf d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/01/12 02:04 upstream 9c7ef209cd0f d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/12/28 22:41 upstream c875a6c32467 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/12/27 14:04 upstream c53f467229a7 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/12/21 07:36 upstream d8ba32c5a460 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/12/13 14:50 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/11/06 16:02 upstream dc77806cf3b4 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/10/31 12:27 upstream d127176862a9 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/10/18 08:01 upstream 6f3b6e91f720 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/10/13 00:46 upstream 3a8660878839 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/09/03 15:13 upstream e6b9dce0aeeb 19216959 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/08/31 03:22 upstream c8bc81a52d5a 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/08/26 05:17 upstream b6add54ba618 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/08/23 14:02 upstream 6debb6904172 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2025/08/17 23:30 upstream 8d561baae505 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2024/06/12 14:15 upstream 2ef5971ff345 c2e07261 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2024/06/05 02:38 upstream 32f88d65f01b c2e07261 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2024/06/04 10:26 upstream 2ab795141095 c2e07261 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2024/06/01 05:59 upstream d8ec19857b09 c2e07261 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2024/05/20 23:37 upstream 6e51b4b5bbc0 c2e07261 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
2026/04/29 13:22 net-next 09942ddedcb9 804ea88f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in shmem_evict_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.