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kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/23 19:00
Reported-by: syzbot+30e65637741adeefd34e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 51d, last: 11d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/11 lts (merge base) de9476bb4f1b C Didn't crash
2025/09/11 upstream (ToT) 7aac71907bde C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head (2) origin:lts-only -1 C 7 24d 57d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/18 14:25
android-6-1 kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head -1 1 828d 828d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/05 19:11
upstream kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head (4) intel-wired-lan -1 1 198d 198d 28/29 fixed on 2025/06/10 16:19
upstream kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head (3) net -1 1 447d 447d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/09/04 18:07
upstream kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head (2) bpf net -1 10 841d 857d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:08
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head -1 1 881d 881d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/14 13:19
upstream kernel BUG in llc_sap_action_send_xid_c net -1 C error 61 1404d 1617d 20/29 fixed on 2021/11/10 00:50
upstream kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head net -1 C done 1600 947d 1398d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/25 08:02
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head -1 1 836d 836d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/07 17:22

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:1727!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 289 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Workqueue: events sk_psock_backlog
RIP: 0010:pskb_expand_head+0x11a5/0x11d0 net/core/skbuff.c:1727
Code: 44 89 e1 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c de f3 ff ff 4c 89 e7 e8 6c 00 f4 fd e9 d1 f3 ff ff e8 22 88 b5 fd 0f 0b e8 1b 88 b5 fd <0f> 0b 48 8b 4d d0 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c b2 fa ff ff 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90007717a08 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff83b32ed5 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff8881265093c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90007717aa8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed10237f3496
R10: ffffed10237f3496 R11: 1ffff110237f3495 R12: 0000000000000e80
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000008080
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000123ae5000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __pskb_pull_tail+0xb1/0x1480 net/core/skbuff.c:2281
 __skb_linearize include/linux/skbuff.h:3529 [inline]
 skb_linearize include/linux/skbuff.h:3541 [inline]
 sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x67/0x410 net/core/skmsg.c:539
 sk_psock_skb_ingress net/core/skmsg.c:583 [inline]
 sk_psock_handle_skb net/core/skmsg.c:621 [inline]
 sk_psock_backlog+0xa72/0x1230 net/core/skmsg.c:686
 process_one_work+0x6be/0xba0 kernel/workqueue.c:2325
 worker_thread+0xa59/0x1200 kernel/workqueue.c:2472
 kthread+0x411/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:337
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 693bdef1f47fdc38 ]---
RIP: 0010:pskb_expand_head+0x11a5/0x11d0 net/core/skbuff.c:1727
Code: 44 89 e1 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c de f3 ff ff 4c 89 e7 e8 6c 00 f4 fd e9 d1 f3 ff ff e8 22 88 b5 fd 0f 0b e8 1b 88 b5 fd <0f> 0b 48 8b 4d d0 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c b2 fa ff ff 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90007717a08 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff83b32ed5 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff8881265093c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90007717aa8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed10237f3496
R10: ffffed10237f3496 R11: 1ffff110237f3495 R12: 0000000000000e80
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000008080
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffc90cd7b78 CR3: 000000012234e000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600

Crashes (17):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/02 01:08 android13-5.15-lts da3dbfdd15be 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/09/02 00:53 android13-5.15-lts da3dbfdd15be 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/30 10:58 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/23 05:05 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/22 10:30 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/21 03:14 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/08 20:39 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/08 20:39 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/05 17:13 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 37880f40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/08/02 06:17 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/30 08:50 android13-5.15-lts f32b52534f1d f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/24 15:49 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 65d60d73 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/24 06:15 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 0c1d6ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/23 20:31 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 e1dd4f22 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/23 19:40 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 e1dd4f22 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/23 18:56 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 e1dd4f22 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
2025/07/23 18:10 android13-5.15-lts a71626bd56a5 e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf kernel BUG in pskb_expand_head
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.