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WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+4281a7c76d4ee0c96c3c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 266d, last: 1h09m
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/18 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 0bc96de781b4 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/02 upstream (ToT) 66701750d556 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/18 upstream (ToT) c17b750b3ad9 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 310 1d07h 261d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
linux-5.15 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream -1 C 987 8h37m 265d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 C 35773 245d 269d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/02 06:16 4h07m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4803 at kernel/events/core.c:6592 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6592 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4803 at kernel/events/core.c:6592 perf_pending_task+0x358/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6704
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4803 Comm: syz.0.111 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6592 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x358/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6704
Code: ff 84 db 75 14 e8 d8 cd da ff 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 c4 cd da ff e8 07 45 5a ff eb e5 e8 b8 cd da ff <0f> 0b e9 f3 fe ff ff e8 ac cd da ff 48 c7 c7 10 09 9c 8c 4c 89 f6
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000482f900 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81a63c08 RBX: ffff888027cb8a58 RCX: ffff88807a4fd940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed100f49fc69
R10: ffffed100f49fc69 R11: 1ffff1100f49fc68 R12: ffff88807a4fd940
R13: ffff888078035960 R14: ffff888027cb8820 R15: 1ffff11004f97104
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ff2ce1e7dac CR3: 0000000056dfb000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x1ca/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:203
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
 do_exit+0x93e/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:880
 do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1022
 get_signal+0x1272/0x1350 kernel/signal.c:2871
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xb7/0x1240 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7ff2cdf8f749
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7ff2cdf8f71f.
RSP: 002b:00007ff2ced670e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00007ff2ce1e5fa8 RCX: 00007ff2cdf8f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007ff2ce1e5fa8
RBP: 00007ff2ce1e5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff2ce1e6038 R14: 00007fff98a2cfc0 R15: 00007fff98a2d0a8
 </TASK>

Crashes (1221):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/16 13:04 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 00:57 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 02:26 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 00:28 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 20:29 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:17 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/30 14:34 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf fd2207e7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/10 14:32 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 16:24 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 15:23 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 14:09 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 14:43 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/29 08:11 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d401b9d7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/27 12:35 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 e12e5ba4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/27 11:26 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 e12e5ba4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/09 00:15 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/03 22:41 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 7368264b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/13 08:08 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/29 21:31 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/05 02:49 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f5bcc8dc .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/21 10:42 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/21 09:09 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/21 04:10 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/19 05:25 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/19 04:06 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/18 18:27 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/18 08:16 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 23:56 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 20:36 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 18:19 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c01bca74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 15:45 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c01bca74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 14:30 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 c01bca74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/17 05:27 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/16 23:34 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/16 21:13 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/12 13:17 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/12 09:24 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/12 08:37 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/11 17:45 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/10 04:23 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 23:11 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 15:10 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 10:22 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 07:17 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 04:35 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 03:29 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/09 02:05 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 23:48 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 21:06 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 19:03 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 16:42 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 03:04 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 02:45 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/08 01:39 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 23:58 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 22:52 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 20:45 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 16:23 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 07:16 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/07 04:32 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/06 23:34 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/05 20:23 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/27 13:49 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.