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WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/02 09:20
Reported-by: syzbot+15b80e0eb09fd5403e49@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 166d, last: 2h12m
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel wireless -1 syz done done 3 825d 865d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/21 00:13
linux-6.6 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel -1 53 5d07h 164d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/08/04 22:09

Sample crash report:
netlink: 16 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.4.352'.
bond0: (slave wlan1): Releasing backup interface
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5591 at net/mac80211/chan.c:2017 ieee80211_link_release_channel+0x150/0x180 net/mac80211/chan.c:2017
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 5591 Comm: syz.4.352 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_link_release_channel+0x150/0x180 net/mac80211/chan.c:2017
Code: 7c 2d 00 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 cc 25 36 f8 bf 18 1e 00 00 48 03 3b 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 15 ff 7e 00 e8 e0 f3 e5 f7 <0f> 0b eb c5 48 c7 c1 24 59 ff 8d 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 51
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c427188 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff899b15e0 RBX: ffff8880242b55a8 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000feae000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1bfe48e
R10: fffffbfff1bfe48e R11: 1ffffffff1bfe48d R12: ffff8880242b6ae0
R13: 1ffff11004856ab5 R14: ffff8880242b6258 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007facc71d56c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffffffd000000 CR3: 0000000078aef000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unregister_netdevice_many+0x12ab/0x1840 net/core/dev.c:11007
 unregister_netdevice_queue+0x31c/0x360 net/core/dev.c:10921
 unregister_netdevice include/linux/netdevice.h:3075 [inline]
 _cfg80211_unregister_wdev+0x177/0x590 net/wireless/core.c:1212
 ieee80211_if_remove+0x1bd/0x2c0 net/mac80211/iface.c:2338
 ieee80211_del_iface+0x15/0x20 net/mac80211/cfg.c:202
 rdev_del_virtual_intf net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:62 [inline]
 cfg80211_remove_virtual_intf+0x243/0x450 net/wireless/util.c:2634
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22e/0x320 net/netlink/genetlink.c:756
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:833 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x5f2/0x780 net/netlink/genetlink.c:850
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:861
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x59b/0x970 net/socket.c:2518
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2572
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2601 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2610 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2608
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7facc8f8f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007facc71d5038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007facc91e6090 RCX: 00007facc8f8f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007facc9013f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007facc91e6128 R14: 00007facc91e6090 R15: 00007ffebfb20378
 </TASK>

Crashes (72):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/15 21:06 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/15 08:12 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/25 01:13 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/20 10:50 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/20 04:49 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/27 23:09 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/24 18:58 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/21 11:35 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/21 02:58 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/19 16:35 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/10 11:56 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/03 12:59 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/27 18:43 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/24 15:38 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/23 07:36 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/18 03:27 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/09 22:20 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/08 07:53 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/08 07:37 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/07 08:13 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/04 18:47 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/27 04:36 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/21 03:15 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/21 03:14 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/10 09:26 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/08 05:41 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/04 07:32 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/04 07:21 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/01 20:50 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/01 07:09 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/29 02:18 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/21 20:15 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 3e79b825 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/12 22:36 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/11 23:27 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/11 23:24 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/08 20:13 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/08 20:12 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/08 06:19 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 6a893178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/07 05:12 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/07 04:47 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 9a42d6b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/06 05:19 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 ffe1dd46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/04 22:44 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/02 09:19 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/01 11:25 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/25 07:40 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/24 20:04 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/22 01:22 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/05 14:23 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/23 02:49 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/23 02:49 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/21 15:09 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 9832ed61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/20 21:26 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 d422939c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/10/20 21:25 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 d422939c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/17 01:56 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/09/02 22:30 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/14 19:51 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 5d8c2ac2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/12 00:19 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/10 08:13 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/07 17:54 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 04cffc22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/05 07:05 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.