kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 8640 at lib/ref_tracker.c:255 ref_tracker_free+0x61a/0x830 lib/ref_tracker.c:255 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 8640 Comm: kworker/u32:20 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event RIP: 0010:ref_tracker_free+0x61a/0x830 lib/ref_tracker.c:255 Code: 00 44 8b 73 18 31 ff 44 89 f6 e8 d1 46 b1 fc 45 85 f6 0f 85 a6 00 00 00 e8 83 4b b1 fc 48 8b 34 24 48 89 ef e8 27 48 74 06 90 <0f> 0b 90 bb ea ff ff ff e9 50 fd ff ff e8 64 4b b1 fc 4c 8d 6d 44 RSP: 0018:ffffc900033bf8a8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000201 RBX: ffff8880257e0d40 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000202 RSI: ffffffff8dc12c9a RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff888041fa8610 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffffff90882757 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 1ffff92000677f17 R13: ffffc900033bf8d8 R14: 0000000001140516 R15: ffff8880257e0d58 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888097a62000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000002f410ff8 CR3: 000000004dc5b000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4361 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4378 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4374 [inline] netdev_watchdog_down net/sched/sch_generic.c:572 [inline] dev_deactivate_many+0x28d/0xd50 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1368 dev_deactivate+0xf8/0x1c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1399 linkwatch_do_dev+0x11e/0x160 net/core/link_watch.c:184 __linkwatch_run_queue+0x2aa/0x8a0 net/core/link_watch.c:244 linkwatch_event+0x8f/0xc0 net/core/link_watch.c:304 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3321 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245