BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/09/15 11:43
Subsystems: nvme
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+3b1e06f40c5c8709a288@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d02h, last: 4d02h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
5d11488a repro-c 🏃 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq 2026/09/15 14:12 2026/09/15 14:12 2daa4bb5
5afdb09d assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ✅ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ✅ BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq 2026/09/13 00:00 2026/09/13 00:00 2026/09/13 00:06 70a60e12

Sample crash report:
nvme nvme0: Disabling device after reset failure: -19
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000043
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000218-0x000000000000021f]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000005
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0
[dfff800000000043] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1]  SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3623 Comm: kworker/u8:11 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2026
Workqueue: nvme-reset-wq nvme_reset_work
pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : nvme_req_qid drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h:283 [inline]
pc : do_trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:154 [inline]
pc : trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq+0x220/0x448 drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141
lr : nvme_req_qid drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h:283 [inline]
lr : do_trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:154 [inline]
lr : trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq+0x1fc/0x448 drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141
sp : ffff80009b697880
x29: ffff80009b697950 x28: ffff80009b6978a0 x27: 1fffe0001a127761
x26: dfff800000000000 x25: ffff7000136d2f14 x24: ffff0000c8682520
x23: ffff0000ceaf4f78 x22: 000000000000021c x21: 0000000000000082
x20: 1fffe000191b01c0 x19: ffff0000d093bb08 x18: 00000000ffffffff
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff80008285f1f0
x14: ffff80008a8a7000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff600019d5e9f5 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000043 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 00316e30656d766e
x5 : ffff0000ceaf4fa4 x4 : ffff0000c64ae02c x3 : ffff800082823300
x2 : 0000000000000020 x1 : ffff0000d093bb00 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 nvme_req_qid drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h:283 [inline] (P)
 do_trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:154 [inline] (P)
 trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq+0x220/0x448 drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141 (P)
 __traceiter_nvme_sq+0x88/0xe0 drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141
 __do_trace_nvme_sq drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141 [inline]
 trace_nvme_sq drivers/nvme/host/trace.h:141 [inline]
 nvme_handle_cqe drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:1600 [inline]
 nvme_poll_cq+0xdec/0x1128 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:1632
 nvme_reap_pending_cqes drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:2090 [inline]
 nvme_dev_disable+0x384/0x540 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3344
 nvme_reset_work+0x510/0x69c drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3506
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x91c/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0x798/0xbd0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x304/0x3d4 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:838
Code: 978e6a46 f94002c8 91087116 d343fec8 (38fa6908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	978e6a46 	bl	0xfffffffffe39a918
   4:	f94002c8 	ldr	x8, [x22]
   8:	91087116 	add	x22, x8, #0x21c
   c:	d343fec8 	lsr	x8, x22, #3
* 10:	38fa6908 	ldrsb	w8, [x8, x26] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/11 11:38 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in trace_event_raw_event_nvme_sq
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.