------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: lib/refcount.c:31 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x7c/0x130 lib/refcount.c:31, CPU#1: kworker/u8:5/83 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 83 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026 Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x7c/0x130 lib/refcount.c:31 Code: c0 cf af 87 e8 e5 28 e3 fe 83 fd 02 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 76 27 83 fd 03 74 7d 83 fd 04 75 3e e8 bb 2d e3 fe 48 8d 3d e4 92 26 08 <67> 48 0f b9 3a e8 aa 2d e3 fe 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 85 ed 74 3a e8 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000148f878 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888118fe461c RCX: ffffffff82cf91cb RDX: ffff88810be8d940 RSI: ffffffff82cf91e5 RDI: ffffffff8af624d0 RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000004 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff92000291f14 R13: ffff888118fe461c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888268787000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f28a3db8e9c CR3: 0000000125d8e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 Call Trace: __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:461 [inline] refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:476 [inline] ref_tracker_free+0x5cd/0x6c0 lib/ref_tracker.c:303 netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4474 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4491 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4487 [inline] netdev_watchdog_down net/sched/sch_generic.c:600 [inline] dev_deactivate_many+0x28c/0xfe0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1363 dev_deactivate+0x109/0x1d0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1397 linkwatch_do_dev net/core/link_watch.c:184 [inline] linkwatch_do_dev+0xd3/0x120 net/core/link_watch.c:166 __linkwatch_run_queue+0x3a5/0x810 net/core/link_watch.c:240 linkwatch_event+0x8f/0xc0 net/core/link_watch.c:314 process_one_work+0xa0e/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3302 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3385 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3466 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x69a/0xc80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 ---------------- Code disassembly (best guess): 0: c0 cf af ror $0xaf,%bh 3: 87 e8 xchg %ebp,%eax 5: e5 28 in $0x28,%eax 7: e3 fe jrcxz 0x7 9: 83 fd 02 cmp $0x2,%ebp c: 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 je 0xb3 12: 76 27 jbe 0x3b 14: 83 fd 03 cmp $0x3,%ebp 17: 74 7d je 0x96 19: 83 fd 04 cmp $0x4,%ebp 1c: 75 3e jne 0x5c 1e: e8 bb 2d e3 fe call 0xfee32dde 23: 48 8d 3d e4 92 26 08 lea 0x82692e4(%rip),%rdi # 0x826930e * 2a: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction 2f: e8 aa 2d e3 fe call 0xfee32dde 34: 5b pop %rbx 35: 5d pop %rbp 36: c3 ret 37: cc int3 38: cc int3 39: cc int3 3a: cc int3 3b: 85 ed test %ebp,%ebp 3d: 74 3a je 0x79 3f: e8 .byte 0xe8