WARNING in lookup_slow (4)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/05/26 09:57
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2b8d9d5c6bae92cffb1d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 493d, last: 2d00h
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31627deb assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ WARNING in lookup_slow (4) 2026/05/20 10:16 2026/05/20 10:16 2026/05/20 11:00 62fb93a2
d472dc8b repro 💥 WARNING in lookup_slow (4) 2026/03/10 12:19 2026/03/10 12:19 2026/03/10 12:19 5c03941b
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING in lookup_slow (2) -1 1 1061d 1061d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/09 08:58
upstream WARNING in lookup_slow (2) fs -1 8 835d 867d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/12 01:16
linux-6.6 WARNING in lookup_slow -1 1 263d 263d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/17 12:20
linux-6.1 WARNING in lookup_slow missing-backport origin:lts-only -1 syz, C inconclusive 13 12d 1029d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/02 22:03
upstream WARNING in lookup_slow (3) fs -1 1 643d 639d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/21 12:31
linux-5.15 WARNING in lookup_slow (3) origin:lts-only -1 syz, C error 9 28d 911d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/30 12:27
upstream WARNING in lookup_slow ntfs3 -1 syz, C error inconclusive 34 977d 1378d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/02 19:30
linux-5.15 WARNING in lookup_slow -1 1 1221d 1221d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/02 18:27

Sample crash report:
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DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(tmp < 0): count = 0xffffffffffffff00, magic = 0xffff888075f2def8, owner = 0x1, curr 0xffff8880330d1f40, list not empty
WARNING: kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1389 at __up_read+0x39d/0x930 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1389, CPU#0: syz.0.3294/24971
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 24971 Comm: syz.0.3294 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
RIP: 0010:__up_read+0x499/0x930 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1389
Code: c7 c2 60 1e 0d 8c 4c 0f 44 d0 48 8b 7c 24 28 48 c7 c6 e0 20 0d 8c 48 8b 54 24 18 48 8b 4c 24 08 4d 89 f8 4c 8b 4c 24 10 41 52 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 83 c4 08 e8 99 01 39 03 e9 c7 fd ff ff 4c 89 ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003def918 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8c0d1e80 RBX: 1ffff920007bdf2c RCX: ffff888075f2def8
RDX: ffffffffffffff00 RSI: ffffffff8c0d20e0 RDI: ffffffff907d92f0
RBP: ffffc90003def9e8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8880330d1f40
R10: ffffffff8c0d1e80 R11: ffffed100ebe5be1 R12: ffffffffffffff00
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff888075f2df50 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007fb619e996c0(0000) GS:ffff888124cca000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffe7af05169 CR3: 00000000347c1000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 inode_unlock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1049 [inline]
 lookup_slow+0x5e/0x70 fs/namei.c:1937
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2282 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0xd2a/0x1910 fs/namei.c:2656
 path_lookupat+0xe4/0x8c0 fs/namei.c:2812
 filename_lookup+0x265/0x5d0 fs/namei.c:2842
 user_path_at+0x40/0x160 fs/namei.c:3641
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4178 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4397 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2dc/0x420 fs/namespace.c:4374
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb618f9e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fb619e99028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb619226090 RCX: 00007fb618f9e159
RDX: 0000200000000300 RSI: 00002000000005c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fb61903506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000001000801 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb619226128 R14: 00007fb619226090 R15: 00007fffd96a8418
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	c7 c2 60 1e 0d 8c    	mov    $0x8c0d1e60,%edx
   6:	4c 0f 44 d0          	cmove  %rax,%r10
   a:	48 8b 7c 24 28       	mov    0x28(%rsp),%rdi
   f:	48 c7 c6 e0 20 0d 8c 	mov    $0xffffffff8c0d20e0,%rsi
  16:	48 8b 54 24 18       	mov    0x18(%rsp),%rdx
  1b:	48 8b 4c 24 08       	mov    0x8(%rsp),%rcx
  20:	4d 89 f8             	mov    %r15,%r8
  23:	4c 8b 4c 24 10       	mov    0x10(%rsp),%r9
  28:	41 52                	push   %r10
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	48 83 c4 08          	add    $0x8,%rsp
  33:	e8 99 01 39 03       	call   0x33901d1
  38:	e9 c7 fd ff ff       	jmp    0xfffffe04
  3d:	4c 89 ff             	mov    %r15,%rdi

Crashes (41):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/25 17:57 upstream 165768bb7026 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/13 06:56 upstream cba2348ab114 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/08/15 03:07 upstream 2f1baf1fc892 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/06/09 18:12 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/05/02 03:48 upstream ef5f46b63023 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/21 08:27 upstream 93f51579e7df 853b104b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/20 04:21 upstream 518e5b794c06 853b104b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/19 03:51 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/18 08:41 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/17 02:50 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/14 07:35 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/14 00:11 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/08 20:00 upstream 5acbae5f7eb3 351387c4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/06 18:15 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/01 14:03 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/01 12:45 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/09/01 04:43 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/08/27 07:30 upstream 818bebeb63dd a2b77b9e .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/08/21 13:43 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/08/18 10:20 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/07/04 01:06 upstream d2c9a99135da aa437a8a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/04/26 21:35 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/03/19 21:15 upstream e9825d1c7957 0291cd06 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/03/12 16:11 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/03/12 09:22 upstream 80234b5ab240 2d88ab01 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/02/19 08:52 upstream 956b9cbd7f15 746545b8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/02/16 22:28 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 5d52cba5 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/01/16 01:43 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/01/14 17:04 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/01/12 05:41 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2026/01/06 00:06 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/12/05 11:58 upstream 2061f18ad76e d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/10/13 21:30 upstream 3a8660878839 b6605ba8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/09/08 17:33 upstream 76eeb9b8de98 d291dd2d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/08/10 12:23 upstream 561c80369df0 32a0e5ed .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/07/22 23:02 upstream 89be9a83ccf1 af30dea9 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/07/11 14:08 upstream bc9ff192a6c9 3cda49cf .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/06/25 14:44 upstream 7595b66ae9de 26d77996 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/06/19 09:02 upstream fb4d33ab452e ed3e87f7 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/05/30 12:38 upstream f66bc387efbe 3d2f584d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
2025/05/22 09:52 upstream d608703fcdd9 0919b50b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in lookup_slow
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.