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WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/07 01:50
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+23ef1ff7166a7f106a9d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 252d, last: 1h15m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/10/27 upstream (ToT) dcb6fa37fd7b C [report] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 1620 now 249d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:46
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref ext4 -1 C error 1291 199d 248d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 2351 4h55m 249d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:56
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref (2) ext4 -1 C error 8334 19m 198d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/30 22:34

Sample crash report:
EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting with an experimental mount option 'dioread_nolock' for blocksize < PAGE_SIZE
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_orphan_get:1425: comm syz.0.47: bad orphan inode 15
ext4_test_bit(bit=14, block=4) = 1
is_bad_inode(inode)=0
NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=1771765368
max_ino=32
i_nlink=0
------------[ cut here ]------------
EA inode 11 i_nlink=0
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4494 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1006 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4e7/0x540 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1004
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4494 Comm: syz.0.47 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x4e7/0x540 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1004
Code: 7c 24 40 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 30 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 2a c6 9b ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 c0 a0 a0 8a 89 da e8 e9 48 16 ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 64 24 08 4c 8b 7c 24 10 e9 a9 fe ff ff e8 83 0a f5 07
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003547280 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 6368d78bcc8f9700 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807d5f1dc0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc90003547370 R08: ffffc90003546f07 R09: 1ffff920006a8de0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520006a8de1 R12: ffff8880689ac8e8
R13: 1ffff1100d13595c R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880689ac928
FS:  0000555586bd8500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f625a6ac000 CR3: 000000005b9fa000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1029 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0xb03/0x1060 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1175
 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0xad1/0xca0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2896
 ext4_evict_inode+0xc45/0x1110 fs/ext4/inode.c:296
 evict+0x4c9/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 ext4_orphan_get+0x4e3/0x5f0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1440
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xa9d/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:465
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x7829/0x7dc0 fs/ext4/super.c:5687
 get_tree_bdev+0x3f1/0x610 fs/super.c:1366
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1573
 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3078
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3606
 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: 0033:0x7fe29319d8ca
Code: 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fffd9dda5c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fffd9dda650 RCX: 00007fe29319d8ca
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 00007fffd9dda610
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007fffd9dda650 R09: 0000000000800700
R10: 0000000000800700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000200000000000
R13: 00007fffd9dda610 R14: 000000000000047a R15: 00002000000000c0
 </TASK>

Crashes (4279):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/22 13:02 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/04 11:57 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 42b01fab .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/16 17:38 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/15 12:59 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/14 11:22 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/12 21:25 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/10/25 17:50 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/23 09:03 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/18 23:19 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 77d4d919 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/17 12:14 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef e439b951 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/16 22:20 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 5d52cba5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/15 01:29 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/09 18:15 linux-6.1.y 0182cb5b74ee df949cd9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/05 17:17 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 4936e85c .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/23 20:20 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/22 16:25 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 a16aed1d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/20 23:06 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 06648d9c .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/19 08:11 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/15 13:11 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/07 14:08 linux-6.1.y 0182cb5b74ee f20fc9f9 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/17 08:49 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/17 06:03 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/16 02:23 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/14 06:49 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/14 04:54 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/13 03:38 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/12 15:47 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/10 08:24 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/09 22:36 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/09 14:59 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/09 13:50 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/09 00:13 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf b2988c17 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/08 07:55 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 19:21 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 18:04 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 06:23 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 04:29 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 18:09 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 16:02 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 05:09 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 03:38 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/03 21:12 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/03 17:13 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/03 17:13 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/17 03:56 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/17 02:36 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/16 16:24 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/16 15:23 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/16 04:09 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/16 03:38 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/15 14:09 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/15 06:55 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/14 09:06 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/14 03:05 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/12 13:09 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/12 02:37 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/11 15:32 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/10 10:47 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/10 10:46 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/09 10:08 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 16:37 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 16:13 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 10:28 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/06 02:38 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 19:52 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 14:41 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/05 01:27 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/04 04:54 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/05/03 20:10 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 02:01 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 01:49 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.