------------[ 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/u8:8/1689 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1689 Comm: kworker/u8:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026 Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x7c/0x130 lib/refcount.c:31 Code: 60 60 af 87 e8 05 fd e4 fe 83 fd 02 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 76 27 83 fd 03 74 7d 83 fd 04 75 3e e8 db 01 e5 fe 48 8d 3d f4 97 27 08 <67> 48 0f b9 3a e8 ca 01 e5 fe 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 85 ed 74 3a e8 RSP: 0018:ffffc90002d5f888 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88810775461c RCX: ffffffff82ccfa4b RDX: ffff888112efd880 RSI: ffffffff82ccfa65 RDI: ffffffff8af49260 RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000004 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff920005abf16 R13: ffff88810775461c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882687c9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000564789f31da8 CR3: 00000001206c6000 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:4456 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4473 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4469 [inline] netdev_watchdog_down net/sched/sch_generic.c:575 [inline] dev_deactivate_many+0x288/0xfb0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1337 dev_deactivate+0xf8/0x1c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1368 linkwatch_do_dev net/core/link_watch.c:184 [inline] linkwatch_do_dev+0xce/0x110 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+0xa23/0x19a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3276 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3359 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3440 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x6c3/0xcb0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 ---------------- Code disassembly (best guess), 4 bytes skipped: 0: e8 05 fd e4 fe call 0xfee4fd0a 5: 83 fd 02 cmp $0x2,%ebp 8: 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 je 0xaf e: 76 27 jbe 0x37 10: 83 fd 03 cmp $0x3,%ebp 13: 74 7d je 0x92 15: 83 fd 04 cmp $0x4,%ebp 18: 75 3e jne 0x58 1a: e8 db 01 e5 fe call 0xfee501fa 1f: 48 8d 3d f4 97 27 08 lea 0x82797f4(%rip),%rdi # 0x827981a * 26: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction 2b: e8 ca 01 e5 fe call 0xfee501fa 30: 5b pop %rbx 31: 5d pop %rbp 32: c3 ret 33: cc int3 34: cc int3 35: cc int3 36: cc int3 37: 85 ed test %ebp,%ebp 39: 74 3a je 0x75 3b: e8 .byte 0xe8