BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/11/02 18:58
Reported-by: syzbot+0425e5d77298f0768f63@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 10d, last: 11h04m

Sample crash report:
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:589
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000003
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000006
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
  CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff800000000003] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4548 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/06/2026
pstate: 02400005 (nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : ext4_mb_get_buddy_page_lock fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1380 [inline]
pc : ext4_mb_init_group+0x14c/0x614 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1440
lr : ext4_mb_get_buddy_page_lock fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1376 [inline]
lr : ext4_mb_init_group+0xf8/0x614 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1440
sp : ffff800021917720
x29: ffff800021917740 x28: 0000000000000018 x27: 0000000000000001
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000001000 x24: ffff0000efe0ab00
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0000e23ea000 x21: 1fffe0001ad6cc03
x20: ffff0000d6b66018 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 1fffe00033c2177e
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8000082de324 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1ffff00002cd02ea x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff008000086f8b80 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : dfff800000000000
x8 : 0000000000000003 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffff800021916b18 x4 : ffff8000164c4fa0 x3 : ffff80000aa9f758
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 ext4_mb_get_buddy_page_lock fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1380 [inline]
 ext4_mb_init_group+0x14c/0x614 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1440
 ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp+0xbe4/0xec0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1520
 ext4_mb_load_buddy fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1641 [inline]
 ext4_mb_seq_groups_show+0x564/0x5d0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2932
 seq_read_iter+0x3b8/0xc24 fs/seq_file.c:230
 proc_reg_read_iter+0x180/0x2a8 fs/proc/inode.c:305
 call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:389 [inline]
 vfs_read+0x3cc/0x7b8 fs/read_write.c:470
 ksys_read+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:613
 __do_sys_read fs/read_write.c:623 [inline]
 __se_sys_read fs/read_write.c:621 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_read+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:621
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:589
Code: 9100627c d2d00009 d343ff88 f2fbffe9 (38696908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	9100627c 	add	x28, x19, #0x18
   4:	d2d00009 	mov	x9, #0x800000000000        	// #140737488355328
   8:	d343ff88 	lsr	x8, x28, #3
   c:	f2fbffe9 	movk	x9, #0xdfff, lsl #48
* 10:	38696908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x9] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (12):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/12 09:04 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 8d68b303 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/08 14:24 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 5cecaf1f .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/02 21:30 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 6969b601 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/03 03:08 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 6969b601 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/13 02:13 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c c0087d7f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/12 10:31 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/12 07:05 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/08 13:46 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/08 13:43 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/02 18:58 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/10 12:28 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 70ec0380 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in ext4_mb_init_group
2026/11/02 19:52 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in ext4_mb_init_group
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.