WARNING in wiphy_unregister

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/10 00:23
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2b175fce6f3a34469a87@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d11h, last: 8d11h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
581241e6 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ WARNING in wiphy_unregister 2026/08/10 14:15 2026/08/10 14:15 2026/08/10 15:37 039457bd
c4d13c80 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in wiphy_unregister 2026/08/09 12:19 2026/08/09 12:19 2026/08/09 12:29 5d63f80b
Discussions (1)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in wiphy_unregister 0 (1) 2026/08/10 00:23
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/10 15:43 5h08m nogikh@google.com linux-next error

Sample crash report:
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rtmutex deadlock detected
WARNING: kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698 at rt_mutex_handle_deadlock+0x21/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698, CPU#1: kworker/u8:141/6021
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6021 Comm: kworker/u8:141 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:rt_mutex_handle_deadlock+0x21/0xb0 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698
Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 83 ff dd 0f 85 81 00 00 00 48 89 f7 e8 16 40 01 00 48 8d 3d af 6d 81 04 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 4c 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 1d 73 6b 70 07 4c 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc900067373b0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 00000000ffffffdd RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffffffff8d98ba58 RDI: ffffffff8fd3e230
RBP: ffffc90006737560 R08: ffffffff8fd0c47f R09: 1ffffffff1fa188f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1fa1890 R12: 1ffff92000ce6e84
R13: ffffffff8b526ec2 R14: ffff888037d60b68 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125af2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000560e6c0cc950 CR3: 000000000e1b0000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __rt_mutex_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1760 [inline]
 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1787 [inline]
 rt_mutex_slowlock+0x73c/0x780 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1827
 __rt_mutex_lock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1842 [inline]
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:560 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x168/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:578
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 device_del+0xa9/0x8f0 drivers/base/core.c:3923
 wiphy_unregister+0x406/0xb10 net/wireless/core.c:1323
 ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x1e2/0x2c0 net/mac80211/main.c:1741
 mac80211_hwsim_del_radio+0x28a/0x4a0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c:6227
 hwsim_exit_net+0xea6/0xf70 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c:7210
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:200 [inline]
 ops_undo_list+0x43d/0x8d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:253
 cleanup_net+0x575/0x810 net/core/net_namespace.c:706
 process_one_work+0xaaf/0x1480 kernel/workqueue.c:3379
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3462 [inline]
 worker_thread+0xb05/0x10d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3543
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	90                   	nop
   1:	90                   	nop
   2:	90                   	nop
   3:	90                   	nop
   4:	90                   	nop
   5:	90                   	nop
   6:	90                   	nop
   7:	90                   	nop
   8:	90                   	nop
   9:	41 57                	push   %r15
   b:	41 56                	push   %r14
   d:	41 55                	push   %r13
   f:	41 54                	push   %r12
  11:	53                   	push   %rbx
  12:	83 ff dd             	cmp    $0xffffffdd,%edi
  15:	0f 85 81 00 00 00    	jne    0x9c
  1b:	48 89 f7             	mov    %rsi,%rdi
  1e:	e8 16 40 01 00       	call   0x14039
  23:	48 8d 3d af 6d 81 04 	lea    0x4816daf(%rip),%rdi        # 0x4816dd9
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	4c 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 	lea    0x0(%rip),%r15        # 0x36
  36:	65 48 8b 1d 73 6b 70 	mov    %gs:0x7706b73(%rip),%rbx        # 0x7706bb1
  3d:	07
  3e:	4c                   	rex.WR
  3f:	8d                   	.byte 0x8d

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 16:11 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in wiphy_unregister
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.