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WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/02/22 09:35
Subsystems: io-uring
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Reported-by: syzbot+557a278955ff3a4d3938@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 744d, last: 4h13m
Discussions (7)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/14 06:52
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Dec 2025) 1 (2) 2025/12/05 04:05
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Jul 2025) 0 (1) 2025/07/03 08:17
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Feb 2025) 0 (1) 2025/02/08 14:50
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Dec 2024) 0 (1) 2024/12/26 09:01
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Apr 2024) 0 (1) 2024/04/15 09:23
[syzbot] [io-uring?] WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) 0 (1) 2024/02/22 09:35
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) -1 27 312d 440d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/04 09:19
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 5 966d 1057d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 11:52
linux-6.6 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 253 1h34m 258d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/06/18 00:00
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (3) -1 30 7d02h 236d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/07/10 06:43
linux-5.15 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 9 958d 1065d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/27 08:42
upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work io-uring -1 C done done 3550 1039d 1814d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/28 02:36

Sample crash report:
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time_after(jiffies, timeout)
WARNING: io_uring/io_uring.c:2341 at io_ring_exit_work+0x42d/0xce9 io_uring/io_uring.c:2341, CPU#1: kworker/u8:12/3525
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3525 Comm: kworker/u8:12 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work
RIP: 0010:io_ring_exit_work+0x42d/0xce9 io_uring/io_uring.c:2341
Code: 8e e8 37 df 3e 01 48 8b 05 50 d8 0b 0d 4c 8b 6c 24 28 31 ff 49 29 c5 4c 89 ee e8 7e 52 d3 00 4d 85 ed 79 12 e8 94 57 d3 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 48 c7 44 24 38 70 17 00 00 e8 82 57 d3 00 48 8b 74 24 38
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000f39fab0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880307ec778 RCX: ffffffff81353a42
RDX: ffff8880344a1e80 RSI: ffffffff81353a4c RDI: ffff8880344a1e80
RBP: ffffc9000f39fc38 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: fffffffffffffffe R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880307ec000
R13: fffffffffffffffe R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124445000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000002000 CR3: 0000000037589000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 process_one_work+0x9d7/0x1920 kernel/workqueue.c:3275
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3358 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5da/0xe40 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (5973):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/03 15:02 upstream af4e9ef3d784 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/03 13:59 upstream af4e9ef3d784 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/03 02:55 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 21:20 upstream af4e9ef3d784 b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 19:52 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 15:51 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 13:51 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 05:42 upstream e2bd1b136926 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 00:35 upstream e2bd1b136926 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 21:36 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 13:04 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 11:14 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 09:45 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 03:51 upstream 9197e5949a41 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 23:44 upstream 42eb01783091 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 21:10 upstream 9197e5949a41 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 09:22 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 08:06 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 06:59 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 03:19 upstream aed968f8a6cd 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 23:52 upstream aed968f8a6cd 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 20:56 upstream aed968f8a6cd 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 15:33 upstream a75cb869a8cc 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 04:25 upstream a75cb869a8cc a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 04:25 upstream a75cb869a8cc a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 19:33 upstream f4d0ec0aa20d ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 17:21 upstream f4d0ec0aa20d ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 02:04 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 00:09 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 df2e85d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 22:17 upstream 7dff99b35460 df2e85d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 14:48 upstream 7dff99b35460 df2e85d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 09:34 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 03:25 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 01:00 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/19 03:45 upstream c22e26bd0906 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/18 14:52 upstream 2961f841b025 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/09/24 22:02 upstream 4ea5af085908 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 04:22 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 13:38 upstream 7dff99b35460 df2e85d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/03 07:20 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 23:19 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/24 23:23 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/03 12:26 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/03 12:08 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/02 11:19 upstream 11439c4635ed 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/03/01 22:14 upstream 39c633261414 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/28 19:07 upstream 2f9339c052bd 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/27 13:03 upstream a75cb869a8cc a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/26 12:20 upstream f4d0ec0aa20d ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 20:43 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 c162cde9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/25 11:04 upstream 7dff99b35460 c162cde9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/24 22:22 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/02 06:56 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/12/15 16:48 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 a066d2bc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/09/17 15:13 upstream 5aca7966d2a7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-compat WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/23 11:54 linux-next d4906ae14a5f 305c0ec5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2024/02/18 09:25 linux-next 2c3b09aac00d 578f7538 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/07 01:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/22 06:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.