WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/04 02:39
Reported-by: syzbot+15b965f5b03733725fd3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 23h22m, last: 16h57m
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset -1 1 22h27m 22h26m 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/09/04 03:34
linux-5.15 WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset -1 syz, C 3 12h12m 22h07m 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/04 03:53
upstream WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset bcachefs -1 syz, C done 22792 441d 510d 29/29 fixed on 2025/08/06 17:37

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4459 at block/bio.c:479 bio_alloc_bioset+0xaa0/0xf24 block/bio.c:479
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4459 Comm: syz.0.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : bio_alloc_bioset+0xaa0/0xf24 block/bio.c:479
lr : bio_alloc_bioset+0xaa0/0xf24 block/bio.c:479
sp : ffff8000213f7730
x29: ffff8000213f7740 x28: dfff800000000000 x27: 1fffe0001afca917
x26: dfff800000000000 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 0000000000000c00
x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000069801 x21: ffff0000c0480b00
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff0000d16a09e8 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8000082f2d54 x15: 000000000004ffff
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1fffe0001a2d407d x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff0080000a7858dc x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff80000a7858dc
x8 : ffff0000d36c3800 x7 : ffffffffffffffff x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : ffff8000186a7d68 x4 : ffff0000d16a09e8 x3 : 0000000000000c00
x2 : 0000000000069801 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 bio_alloc_bioset+0xaa0/0xf24 block/bio.c:479
 md_super_write+0xe4/0x2c0 drivers/md/md.c:966
 md_update_sb+0x11a0/0x1c94 drivers/md/md.c:2838
 state_store+0x1468/0x2a9c drivers/md/md.c:3159
 rdev_attr_store+0x11c/0x158 drivers/md/md.c:3670
 sysfs_kf_write+0x1f8/0x274 fs/sysfs/file.c:140
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x390/0x4b4 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2271 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x3c8/0x7c8 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:637
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:646
 __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+0x58/0x128 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:585
irq event stamp: 2646
hardirqs last  enabled at (2645): [<ffff80000805a664>] local_daif_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h:75 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (2645): [<ffff80000805a664>] el0_svc_common+0xa0/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:105
hardirqs last disabled at (2646): [<ffff800011b9d0cc>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x80 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:405
softirqs last  enabled at (2636): [<ffff800008031254>] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32
softirqs last disabled at (2634): [<ffff800008031220>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
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Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000004
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
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
[dfff800000000004] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4459 Comm: syz.0.18 Tainted: G        W          syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : md_super_write+0x110/0x2c0 drivers/md/md.c:974
lr : __lse_atomic_add arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_lse.h:27 [inline]
lr : arch_atomic_add arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic.h:28 [inline]
lr : arch_atomic_inc include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:424 [inline]
lr : atomic_inc include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:191 [inline]
lr : md_super_write+0x100/0x2c0 drivers/md/md.c:972
sp : ffff8000213f77a0
x29: ffff8000213f77a0 x28: ffff0000d7e54928 x27: 1fffe0001afca917
x26: dfff800000000000 x25: 0000000000000008 x24: fffffc0003689f80
x23: 0000000000000200 x22: ffff0000d7e54800 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: ffff0000d7e548b8 x19: ffff0000d16a0000 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8000082f2d54 x15: 000000000004ffff
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1fffe0001afca925 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff0080000eb331d8 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff80000eb331d8
x8 : 0000000000000004 x7 : ffffffffffffffff x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : ffff8000186a7d68 x4 : ffff0000d16a09e8 x3 : ffff80000eb331d0
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000004 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
 md_super_write+0x110/0x2c0 drivers/md/md.c:974
 md_update_sb+0x11a0/0x1c94 drivers/md/md.c:2838
 state_store+0x1468/0x2a9c drivers/md/md.c:3159
 rdev_attr_store+0x11c/0x158 drivers/md/md.c:3670
 sysfs_kf_write+0x1f8/0x274 fs/sysfs/file.c:140
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x390/0x4b4 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2271 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x3c8/0x7c8 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:637
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:646
 __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+0x58/0x128 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:585
Code: 52800028 b828039f 910082a8 d343fd08 (387a6908) 
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	52800028 	mov	w8, #0x1                   	// #1
   4:	b828039f 	stadd	w8, [x28]
   8:	910082a8 	add	x8, x21, #0x20
   c:	d343fd08 	lsr	x8, x8, #3
* 10:	387a6908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x26] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/04 09:03 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset
2026/09/04 07:40 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset
2026/09/04 02:38 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset
2026/09/04 02:38 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in bio_alloc_bioset
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.