WARNING in io_ring_exit_work

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/06/18 00:00
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+19827bd6deb9b24f655f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 513d, last: 2h24m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/10/15 linux-6.6.y (ToT) a91a6aa9253c syz [report] WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/10/15 upstream (ToT) 0fcb05b72344 syz Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (10)
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 567d 695d 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 1221d 1311d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 11:52
android-6-12 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 1 209d 209d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/17 06:56
upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) prio:high io-uring -1 syz 13001 3h42m 995d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/02/22 09:35
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (3) -1 61 230d 491d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/05 18:24
linux-5.15 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) -1 7 205d 209d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/31 07:28
linux-5.15 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 9 1213d 1320d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/27 08:42
upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work io-uring -1 syz, C done done 3550 1294d 2068d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/28 02:36
android-6-12 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) -1 14 49d 77d 0/1 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/28 04:27
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (4) -1 107 2h02m 113d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/22 17:40

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2905 at io_uring/io_uring.c:3292 io_ring_exit_work+0x3c1/0x860 io_uring/io_uring.c:3292
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 2905 Comm: kworker/u4:9 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/15/2026
Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work
RIP: 0010:io_ring_exit_work+0x3c1/0x860 io_uring/io_uring.c:3292
Code: 89 e5 48 8b 7c 24 28 48 8b 34 24 e8 19 2a 11 00 48 85 c0 41 bc 00 20 00 00 75 1c e8 69 ab f8 f6 e9 b3 fd ff ff e8 5f ab f8 f6 <0f> 0b b8 70 17 00 00 48 89 04 24 eb c3 c7 84 24 90 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bc5fa40 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8a8f3341 RBX: ffff88802e89e000 RCX: ffff88802d4cda00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffffc RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc9000bc5fbb0 R08: ffffc9000bc5f9c7 R09: 1ffff9200178bf38
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200178bf39 R12: ffff88802e89e510
R13: 0000000100007413 R14: 0000000100007417 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe464188c80 CR3: 0000000025376000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (2370):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/07 14:53 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/09/28 21:34 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 a3c7249d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/13 15:10 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c be5d1971 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/13 13:32 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c be5d1971 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/13 10:18 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 26b2fee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/13 10:18 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 26b2fee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 23:05 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c c0087d7f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 21:37 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c c0087d7f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 20:15 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c c0087d7f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 19:09 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c c0087d7f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 15:14 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 13:10 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 09:26 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 03:45 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 02:34 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/12 02:32 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/11 16:03 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c e56a968c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/11 14:34 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c e56a968c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/10 18:49 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c d3056657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/10 17:24 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c d3056657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/10 12:34 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 70ec0380 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/10 05:24 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 70ec0380 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/10 05:15 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 70ec0380 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/09 13:07 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/09 05:30 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/08 16:42 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/08 05:49 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/07 04:58 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/07 00:33 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/06 17:22 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/06 12:19 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/06 04:17 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/06 00:10 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/05 22:31 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/05 10:45 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 2ee8459f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/05 09:34 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 2ee8459f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 21:08 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 18:48 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 17:59 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 73438ed0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 07:52 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 06:26 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/04 00:43 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/03 19:12 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/03 16:37 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/02 23:19 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/11/02 20:21 linux-6.6.y b5a1dc3ad482 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/06/17 23:08 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb e77fae15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.