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WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/06/21 15:22
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+09da62a8b78959ceb8bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d18h, last: 23h09m
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90f775a7-4346-4bf1-9b01-8715a15b60ce assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ✅ WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings 2026/06/19 00:45 2026/06/19 00:45 2026/06/19 01:31 24486521e841016092c2967aa4c1f4c16238080e

			
		
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[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings 0 (1) 2026/06/21 15:22

Sample crash report:
hsr0: Slave B (hsr_slave_1) is not up; please bring it up to get a fully working HSR network
veth1_vlan: left promiscuous mode
veth0_vlan: left promiscuous mode
veth0_vlan: entered promiscuous mode
veth1_vlan: entered promiscuous mode
8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device netdevsim0
------------[ cut here ]------------
rtmutex deadlock detected
WARNING: kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698 at rt_mutex_handle_deadlock+0x21/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698, CPU#1: syz.0.18875/18438
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18438 Comm: syz.0.18875 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:rt_mutex_handle_deadlock+0x21/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698
Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 83 ff dd 0f 85 81 00 00 00 48 89 f7 e8 16 40 01 00 48 8d 3d 0f 4a 69 04 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 4c 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 1d 33 fd 49 07 4c 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc900170f6330 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 00000000ffffffdd RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8ba92a60 RDI: ffffffff8f8d2cd0
RBP: ffffc900170f64e0 R08: ffffffff8f89c1f7 R09: 1ffffffff1f1383e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f1383f R12: 1ffff92002e1ec74
R13: ffffffff8b23dd02 R14: ffff88802db00ff8 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007f5f8b67d6c0(0000) GS:ffff888126242000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe6569fdac0 CR3: 0000000069f6a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000060401 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __rt_mutex_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1760 [inline]
 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1787 [inline]
 rt_mutex_slowlock+0x73c/0x780 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1827
 __rt_mutex_lock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1842 [inline]
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:560 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x168/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:578
 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2837 [inline]
 netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline]
 __ethtool_get_link_ksettings+0x109/0x250 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:463
 bond_update_speed_duplex drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:801 [inline]
 bond_slave_netdev_event drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:3982 [inline]
 bond_netdev_event+0x643/0xf80 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4089
 notifier_call_chain+0x1a5/0x3d0 kernel/notifier.c:85
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2288 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2302 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x1aa/0x310 net/core/dev.c:9793
 netif_change_flags+0xde/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:9822
 dev_change_flags+0x128/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:68
 vlan_device_event+0x1b4e/0x1f00 net/8021q/vlan.c:494
 notifier_call_chain+0x1a5/0x3d0 kernel/notifier.c:85
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2288 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2302 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x1aa/0x310 net/core/dev.c:9793
 netif_change_flags+0xde/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:9822
 do_setlink+0xdd6/0x4670 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3207
 rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3855 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:4023 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x148e/0x1bd0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4151
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x802/0xc00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:7068
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2556
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f5/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1900
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x13a/0x180 net/socket.c:775
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:790 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x565/0x870 net/socket.c:2684
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2738
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2770 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2775 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2773 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1b7/0x290 net/socket.c:2773
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f5f8d44ce59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f5f8b67d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5f8d6c6090 RCX: 00007f5f8d44ce59
RDX: 0000000004000000 RSI: 0000200000000200 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f5f8d4e2e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5f8d6c6128 R14: 00007f5f8d6c6090 R15: 00007ffc39681448
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	90                   	nop
   1:	90                   	nop
   2:	90                   	nop
   3:	90                   	nop
   4:	90                   	nop
   5:	90                   	nop
   6:	90                   	nop
   7:	90                   	nop
   8:	90                   	nop
   9:	41 57                	push   %r15
   b:	41 56                	push   %r14
   d:	41 55                	push   %r13
   f:	41 54                	push   %r12
  11:	53                   	push   %rbx
  12:	83 ff dd             	cmp    $0xffffffdd,%edi
  15:	0f 85 81 00 00 00    	jne    0x9c
  1b:	48 89 f7             	mov    %rsi,%rdi
  1e:	e8 16 40 01 00       	call   0x14039
  23:	48 8d 3d 0f 4a 69 04 	lea    0x4694a0f(%rip),%rdi        # 0x4694a39
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	4c 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 	lea    0x0(%rip),%r15        # 0x36
  36:	65 48 8b 1d 33 fd 49 	mov    %gs:0x749fd33(%rip),%rbx        # 0x749fd71
  3d:	07
  3e:	4c                   	rex.WR
  3f:	8d                   	.byte 0x8d

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/22 10:11 upstream ef0c9f75a195 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings
2026/06/21 20:35 upstream 8cd8cf7a07e5 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings
2026/06/17 23:16 linux-next 4fa3f5fabb30 b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings
2026/06/17 23:16 linux-next 4fa3f5fabb30 b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings
2026/06/17 15:18 linux-next 4fa3f5fabb30 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __ethtool_get_link_ksettings
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.