WARNING in __rate_control_send_low (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/10/26 13:25
Subsystems: wireless
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+34463a129786910405dd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 642d, last: 1h23m
Cause bisection: introduced by (bisect log) :
commit 119aadf816f5373dc82ca4109d6d5b777e00475b
Author: Ramon Fontes <ramonreisfontes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri May 15 16:46:40 2020 +0000

  mac80211_hwsim: report the WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_5_10_MHZ capability

Crash: WARNING in __rate_control_send_low (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
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1 moderation 2026/06/24 12:36 Discussion e8a36bfc-63cc-4c4b-922c-20a8151f983a
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
e8a36bfc patching WARNING in __rate_control_send_low (3) 2026/06/24 09:59 2026/06/24 09:59 2026/06/24 12:36 042555ff

			
		
c4022a0e assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in __rate_control_send_low (3) 2026/05/22 22:07 2026/05/22 22:07 2026/05/22 22:36 df8ac09c

			
		
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Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 381 1d23h 377d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/13 22:51
linux-4.14 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low -1 C 4 1244d 2117d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/08 02:03
linux-4.19 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low -1 C 354 1256d 2106d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/19 12:45
linux-5.15 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low missing-backport origin:upstream -1 C error 1282 1d22h 1226d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/17 23:53
upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low wireless -1 C inconclusive 2759 794d 2111d 25/29 fixed on 2024/05/22 23:08
upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low (2) wireless -1 C done 3233 642d 794d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
linux-6.1 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 1343 2d01h 1216d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/27 21:44

Sample crash report:
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no supported rates for sta 08:02:11:00:00:00 (0xf, band 0) in rate_mask 0xffffffff with flags 0x10
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 146 at net/mac80211/rate.c:403 __rate_control_send_low+0x5df/0x820 net/mac80211/rate.c:398
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 146 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4-syzkaller-00013-g66701750d556 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work
RIP: 0010:__rate_control_send_low+0x5df/0x820 net/mac80211/rate.c:398
Code: 38 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 d7 01 00 00 41 8b 0f 48 c7 c7 00 7e ae 8c 48 8b 74 24 18 44 8b 44 24 2c 45 89 e9 e8 72 df a5 f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 73 fe ff ff 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e37258 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: a9858661d3e14100 RBX: ffff888028738f3c RCX: ffff888021309e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff8fa104f7 R09: 1ffffffff1f4209e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f4209f R12: ffff888077a97528
R13: 0000000000000010 R14: ffff888023e30e40 R15: ffff888023e330d8
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125d50000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000555557258808 CR3: 000000000df38000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rate_control_send_low+0xf2/0x7a0 net/mac80211/rate.c:423
 rate_control_get_rate+0x20b/0x5d0 net/mac80211/rate.c:934
 ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl+0xb32/0x1780 net/mac80211/tx.c:753
 invoke_tx_handlers_late+0xb6/0x1820 net/mac80211/tx.c:1833
 ieee80211_tx+0x2ac/0x420 net/mac80211/tx.c:1954
 __ieee80211_tx_skb_tid_band+0x50f/0x680 net/mac80211/tx.c:6103
 ieee80211_tx_skb_tid_band net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:2350 [inline]
 ieee80211_send_scan_probe_req net/mac80211/scan.c:670 [inline]
 ieee80211_scan_state_send_probe+0x59a/0xa10 net/mac80211/scan.c:698
 ieee80211_scan_work+0x5b1/0x1ce0 net/mac80211/scan.c:1158
 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x2df/0x460 net/wireless/core.c:435
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (11522):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/02 08:06 upstream 66701750d556 ffe4b334 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/02/02 20:54 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/01/12 02:28 upstream b62cef9a5c67 6dbc6a9b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/01/31 00:08 upstream 4d310797262f c75a2f6e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/03/13 10:34 upstream b7f94fcf5546 44be8b44 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/03/05 22:10 upstream bb2281fb05e5 034534df .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/02/19 15:36 upstream 6537cfb395f3 cbd8edab .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/02/16 06:48 upstream ad1b832bf1cf 40a34ec9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/01/21 05:44 upstream 3d3a9c8b89d4 6e87cfa2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/11/14 18:11 upstream 0a9b9d17f3a7 77f3eeb7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/11/14 17:33 upstream 0a9b9d17f3a7 77f3eeb7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/12/25 22:23 net b3a69c559899 444551c4 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/10/29 03:17 net b5abbf612092 9efb3cc7 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 23:57 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 02:56 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/24 04:27 upstream d326f83e819c 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/18 15:17 upstream 1229e2e57a5c 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/17 22:21 upstream af5e34a41cd6 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/05/06 06:31 upstream 9207d47f966b 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/10/25 22:05 upstream b423f5a9a61f 65e8686b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 04:58 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 19:45 upstream 3dab139d4795 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 08:31 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2025/11/06 06:00 upstream dc77806cf3b4 a6c9c731 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 05:35 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 13:39 upstream 4539944e5151 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 04:48 upstream b95f03f04d47 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/26 13:44 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/26 11:03 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/26 02:24 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 21:06 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 14:27 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 09:46 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 00:07 net 78f75d632f74 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/24 19:13 net 78f75d632f74 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/24 06:59 net 78f75d632f74 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/24 03:00 net 78f75d632f74 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 20:25 net f43ee0c0730d 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 18:23 net f43ee0c0730d 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 08:34 net f43ee0c0730d 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 21:03 net fec15bb3dab0 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 17:34 net ba712ecfd942 b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 11:24 net ba712ecfd942 b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 07:12 net ba712ecfd942 b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 21:32 net 96e37e2f618e 7c5de9c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 09:39 net 1c975de3343c de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 07:33 net 1c975de3343c de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 03:04 net 1c975de3343c de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/20 23:04 net e13caf1c2658 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/19 22:06 net 56d96fededd6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/19 11:40 net 56d96fededd6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/19 10:55 net 56d96fededd6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2024/10/22 13:17 net d95d9a31aceb a93682b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 16:13 net-next 04026c998c24 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 11:07 net-next 04026c998c24 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/25 04:06 net-next 89d8006259b8 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 05:19 net-next 24d0af194bcc 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 18:56 net-next 24d0af194bcc 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 03:43 net-next df13c1df8147 7c5de9c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 17:20 net-next abc435224e87 7c5de9c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/21 01:45 net-next 298bb2b89033 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/20 17:56 net-next 298bb2b89033 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/20 14:55 net-next 298bb2b89033 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/20 01:27 net-next ce6b4d3216b6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/19 17:57 net-next ce6b4d3216b6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 22:08 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/22 12:50 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/16 00:20 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/23 00:33 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci f732c1bfe6b0 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/20 20:33 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci a13c140cc289 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
2026/07/19 19:34 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci a13c140cc289 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __rate_control_send_low
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.