WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/10 00:34
Subsystems: btrfs
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+3bf3e110b2d406b8166c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 20c14ad8a9a0 btrfs: unwind device add when sysfs registration fails
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 100d, last: 5d06h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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07037795 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device 2026/08/09 18:58 2026/08/09 18:58 2026/08/09 19:30 5d63f80b
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Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs: unwind device add when sysfs registration fails 1 (1) 2026/10/13 11:22
[PATCH] btrfs: unwind device add when sysfs registration fails 5 (5) 2026/10/13 11:13
[syzbot] [btrfs?] WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device 0 (3) 2026/10/03 09:15
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device -1 syz, C 3 11d 100d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 19:58
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/03 09:15 24m adarshdas950@gmail.com patch upstream OK job log log

Sample crash report:
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7b89aa6128 R14: 00007f7b89aa6090 R15: 00007fff81ddb5d8
 </TASK>
BTRFS warning (device loop0): creating sysfs device link for devid 2 failed: -17
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btrfs_abort_should_print_stack(__error)
WARNING: fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3055 at btrfs_init_new_device+0x1a50/0x1b20 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3055, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5973
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5973 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:btrfs_init_new_device+0x1a50/0x1b20 fs/btrfs/volumes.c:3055
Code: 00 00 41 83 ff f4 0f 85 d8 00 00 00 e8 a9 25 ad fd e9 d7 00 00 00 e8 9f 25 ad fd eb 10 e8 98 25 ad fd eb 09 e8 91 25 ad fd 90 <0f> 0b 90 44 89 f9 f7 d9 e9 79 fc ff ff 44 89 e9 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004317da0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8419542f RBX: ffff8880384e4001 RCX: ffff88803193ddc0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff88803193ddc0 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 00000000fffffffb R12: ffff8880384e4000
R13: ffff8880384e4e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffef
FS:  00007f7b88e5d6c0(0000) GS:ffff888125bd4000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055bde0b5b138 CR3: 0000000040224000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 btrfs_ioctl_add_dev+0x1ad/0x640 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:2556
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xff/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
 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: 0033:0x7f7b8981e159
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:00007f7b88e5d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7b89aa6090 RCX: 00007f7b8981e159
RDX: 0000200000001000 RSI: 000000005000940a RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f7b898b5024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7b89aa6128 R14: 00007f7b89aa6090 R15: 00007fff81ddb5d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (215):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/05 21:11 upstream 4d7d9486c04d 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/08/13 05:44 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/08 07:00 upstream d164c7d754f0 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/28 05:59 upstream 62c457528529 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/25 14:30 upstream 6fba331225f5 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/25 12:17 upstream 6fba331225f5 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/25 05:30 upstream 6fba331225f5 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/24 15:18 upstream 5b0764a53235 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/14 05:14 upstream ca3e345926b0 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/09/21 14:06 upstream 93f51579e7df 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/08/04 20:20 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/07 09:28 upstream d48723711bae 5cecaf1f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/06 21:33 upstream f66469d9905b 5cecaf1f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/06 15:45 upstream f66469d9905b 5cecaf1f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/05 06:13 upstream 05441d697f7f 2ee8459f .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/04 11:01 upstream 05441d697f7f 5af5b6c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/04 09:44 upstream 05441d697f7f 5af5b6c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/04 08:40 upstream 05441d697f7f 5af5b6c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/02 19:54 upstream 6628e7d4c6b2 6969b601 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/02 18:49 upstream 6628e7d4c6b2 6969b601 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/02 06:27 upstream 46fec1c3029b 25a0ae84 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/11/01 14:16 upstream cbbddb6b08cc 25a0ae84 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/31 21:55 upstream 36aad21d50d1 25a0ae84 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/31 04:31 upstream abf8c33470f7 2041d3f8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/31 02:21 upstream abf8c33470f7 2041d3f8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/30 19:43 upstream d89e1d186ec9 0ec395f8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/30 16:35 upstream d89e1d186ec9 0ec395f8 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/29 17:45 upstream c339f4010dea 4902417d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/29 01:52 upstream c339f4010dea b1d00f76 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/28 07:26 upstream 62c457528529 96923c60 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/26 00:53 upstream 21a7f44fd076 1d9ca40b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/25 00:41 upstream 5b0764a53235 1d9ca40b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/23 04:29 upstream a1c2b1da93f5 d566bfda .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/22 19:47 upstream 7be4bc52fd9e b55fad29 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/22 08:50 upstream 4df4d2a577db 4ba27f85 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/21 22:37 upstream a804c5742bff 42e06812 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/20 04:47 upstream c03c1a14507d 21286ae2 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/19 17:27 upstream c03c1a14507d 440f8011 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/18 15:50 upstream 32c52ec87d62 432c0077 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/18 03:49 upstream 58161ead29e5 432c0077 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/17 08:20 upstream 70dd4ee72eb2 432c0077 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/16 16:56 upstream 2f2f7eeef8b0 b1757810 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/16 14:08 upstream 2f2f7eeef8b0 b1757810 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/16 04:37 upstream 045958acaa75 3f2522c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/16 01:08 upstream 045958acaa75 3f2522c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 23:22 upstream 045958acaa75 3f2522c6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 13:26 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 12:07 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 08:55 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 06:30 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/10/15 03:55 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
2026/09/22 21:08 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in btrfs_init_new_device
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.