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KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in remove_waiter

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/12 10:10
Reported-by: syzbot+ed2a857004831718796a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d04h, last: 8d04h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in remove_waiter 12 C 2 23m 2h07m 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/07/20 12:54
upstream general protection fault in remove_waiter prio:high kernel 2 syz 6 71d 82d 29/29 fixed on 2026/07/15 08:27

Sample crash report:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:541 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:111 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:134 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _raw_spin_lock+0x87/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000904 by task syz.6.86/677

CPU: 1 PID: 677 Comm: syz.6.86 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0x110/0x170 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_report+0x3d/0x60 mm/kasan/report.c:423
 kasan_report+0x122/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:524
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x249/0x2a0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/shadow.c:37
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]
 atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:541 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:111 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:134 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock+0x87/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
 class_raw_spinlock_constructor include/linux/spinlock.h:498 [inline]
 remove_waiter+0xdd/0x750 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1478
 rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock+0x40/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:353
 futex_requeue+0xff4/0x1330 kernel/futex/requeue.c:629
 do_futex+0x25e/0x430 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:-1
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/syscalls.c:213 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x136/0x310 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:194
 __x64_sys_futex+0xe5/0x100 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:194
 x64_sys_call+0x7ec/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:203
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f37a959de59
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:00007f37aa4a7028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f37a9826180 RCX: 00007f37a959de59
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: 000020000000cffc
RBP: 00007f37a9633e6f R08: 0000200000048000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f37a9826218 R14: 00007f37a9826180 R15: 00007ffd6376b508
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000904
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 11ca71067 P4D 11ca71067 PUD 0 
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 677 Comm: syz.6.86 Tainted: G    B              syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_try_cmpxchg arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:202 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:543 [inline]
RIP: 0010:queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:111 [inline]
RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:134 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0x9d/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
Code: 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 48 89 df be 04 00 00 00 e8 89 f6 b5 fc 4c 89 f7 be 04 00 00 00 e8 7c f6 b5 fc 8b 44 24 20 b9 01 00 00 00 <f0> 0f b1 0b 75 33 43 c6 44 27 04 f8 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015ff940 EFLAGS: 00010097
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000904 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffc900015ff960
RBP: ffffc900015ff9d0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520002bff2c R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88811b6b6f20 R14: ffffc900015ff960 R15: 1ffff920002bff28
FS:  00007f37aa4a76c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000904 CR3: 000000011d6ca000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 class_raw_spinlock_constructor include/linux/spinlock.h:498 [inline]
 remove_waiter+0xdd/0x750 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1478
 rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock+0x40/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:353
 futex_requeue+0xff4/0x1330 kernel/futex/requeue.c:629
 do_futex+0x25e/0x430 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:-1
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/syscalls.c:213 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x136/0x310 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:194
 __x64_sys_futex+0xe5/0x100 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:194
 x64_sys_call+0x7ec/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:203
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f37a959de59
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:00007f37aa4a7028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f37a9826180 RCX: 00007f37a959de59
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: 000020000000cffc
RBP: 00007f37a9633e6f R08: 0000200000048000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f37a9826218 R14: 00007f37a9826180 R15: 00007ffd6376b508
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000904
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_try_cmpxchg arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:202 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:543 [inline]
RIP: 0010:queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:111 [inline]
RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:134 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0x9d/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
Code: 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 48 89 df be 04 00 00 00 e8 89 f6 b5 fc 4c 89 f7 be 04 00 00 00 e8 7c f6 b5 fc 8b 44 24 20 b9 01 00 00 00 <f0> 0f b1 0b 75 33 43 c6 44 27 04 f8 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015ff940 EFLAGS: 00010097
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000904 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffc900015ff960
RBP: ffffc900015ff9d0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520002bff2c R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88811b6b6f20 R14: ffffc900015ff960 R15: 1ffff920002bff28
FS:  00007f37aa4a76c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000904 CR3: 000000011d6ca000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	44 24 20             	rex.R and $0x20,%al
   3:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   5:	00 00                	add    %al,(%rax)
   7:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
   a:	be 04 00 00 00       	mov    $0x4,%esi
   f:	e8 89 f6 b5 fc       	call   0xfcb5f69d
  14:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  17:	be 04 00 00 00       	mov    $0x4,%esi
  1c:	e8 7c f6 b5 fc       	call   0xfcb5f69d
  21:	8b 44 24 20          	mov    0x20(%rsp),%eax
  25:	b9 01 00 00 00       	mov    $0x1,%ecx
* 2a:	f0 0f b1 0b          	lock cmpxchg %ecx,(%rbx) <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	75 33                	jne    0x63
  30:	43 c6 44 27 04 f8    	movb   $0xf8,0x4(%r15,%r12,1)
  36:	48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 	movq   $0x45e0360e,(%rsp)
  3d:	45
  3e:	4b                   	rex.WXB
  3f:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/12 10:09 android14-6.1 21b931853e8d d78ea535 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in remove_waiter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.