panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "refs != ~NUM" failed: file

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 02:22
Reported-by: syzbot+20a1a2e3fe065f9edeb9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 57d, last: 10d

Sample crash report:
panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "refs != ~0" failed: file

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/08 21:41 openbsd 90a01398013e 351387c4 .config console log report [disk image] [bsd.gdb] [kernel image] ci-openbsd-multicore panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "refs != ~NUM" failed: file
2026/07/24 02:21 openbsd 691001c74c47 544adce9 .config console log report [disk image] [bsd.gdb] [kernel image] ci-openbsd-multicore panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "refs != ~NUM" failed: file
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.