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WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/11 00:08
Subsystems: ext4
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Reported-by: syzbot+0be4f339a8218d2a5bb1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d15h, last: 8h58m
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [ext4?] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref 0 (1) 2025/09/11 00:08
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref -1 C 9 12h42m 1d03h 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:46
linux-6.1 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 27 9h48m 4d11h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/07 01:50
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref -1 C 13 10h38m 1d03h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:56

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
EXT4-fs (loop0): orphan cleanup on readonly fs
EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_get:556: inode #11: comm syz.0.17: EA inode hash validation failed
EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea:2848: Unable to expand inode 15. Delete some EAs or run e2fsck.
------------[ cut here ]------------
EA inode 11 ref_count=-1
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6106 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1048 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x44b/0x5d0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1047
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6106 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x44b/0x5d0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1047
Code: 78 40 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 18 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 e8 05 a2 ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 20 6d 1f 8b 4c 89 ea e8 86 9b 07 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 74 24 20 4c 8b 6c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900042f72e0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 23987c022b87a300 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff88802af08000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900042f73d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1017104863 R12: ffffc900042f7340
R13: ffffffffffffffff R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: ffff888040be6238
FS:  000055557a666500(0000) GS:ffff8881268bf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc4c6c27000 CR3: 0000000040434000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1076 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x867/0xda0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1218
 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0xa4c/0xc10 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2942
 ext4_evict_inode+0xac9/0xee0 fs/ext4/inode.c:271
 evict+0x504/0x9c0 fs/inode.c:810
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xc20/0x1460 fs/ext4/orphan.c:474
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5609 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x57fa/0x60b0 fs/ext4/super.c:5728
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x40e/0x4d0 fs/super.c:1692
 vfs_get_tree+0x8f/0x2b0 fs/super.c:1815
 do_new_mount+0x2a2/0x9e0 fs/namespace.c:3808
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4136 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4347 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x317/0x410 fs/namespace.c:4324
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f29b7ff034a
Code: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb a6 e8 de 1a 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffefc620aa8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffefc620b30 RCX: 00007f29b7ff034a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 00007ffefc620af0
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007ffefc620b30 R09: 000000000080078b
R10: 000000000080078b R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00002000000001c0
R13: 00007ffefc620af0 R14: 0000000000000473 R15: 0000200000000680
 </TASK>

Crashes (55):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/11 04:35 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 04:06 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 09:37 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 08:19 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 02:53 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:03 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 22:44 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 02:41 upstream b236920731dd d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 01:41 upstream b236920731dd d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 00:58 upstream b236920731dd d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 03:03 upstream 7aac71907bde fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 03:13 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 02:57 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 02:57 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:17 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:16 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:47 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:46 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:45 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:43 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:43 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:42 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 03:22 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:53 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:34 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:33 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:32 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/09 21:31 upstream 9dd1835ecda5 fdeaa69b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/06 22:05 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/06 22:01 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/06 22:00 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:04 linux-next 5f540c4aade9 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 06:00 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:29 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:29 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:27 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:27 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:24 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:24 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 01:23 linux-next 65dd046ef558 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 03:20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 03:19 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:49 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:49 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:48 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 00:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c199ef1fa61a fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.