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WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/05 09:26
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+3e68572cf2286ce5ebe9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: udp: call skb_orphan() before skb_attempt_defer_free()
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-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-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce 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-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 16d, last: 9d10h
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH net] udp: call skb_orphan() before skb_attempt_defer_free() 2 (2) 2026/01/07 01:10
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free 0 (1) 2026/01/05 09:26
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/01/02 16:32 20m edumazet@google.com patch upstream OK log
2026/01/02 15:05 14m edumazet@google.com patch upstream report log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: net/core/skbuff.c:7243 at skb_attempt_defer_free+0x641/0x710 net/core/skbuff.c:7243, CPU#3: syz.0.20/6099
Modules linked in:
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6099 Comm: syz.0.20 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:skb_attempt_defer_free+0x641/0x710 net/core/skbuff.c:7243
Code: 66 e6 f8 e9 5d ff ff ff e8 fc 8b 7c f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 f0 fc ff ff e8 ee 8b 7c f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 74 fc ff ff e8 e0 8b 7c f8 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 95 fc ff ff e8 d2 8b 7c f8 90 0f 0b 90 48 b8 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000463f5a8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888053a2d180 RCX: ffffffff894256f5
RDX: ffff88802644a4c0 RSI: ffffffff89425a90 RDI: ffff888053a2d1e0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88802644aff0 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffff920008c7eb9 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888053a2d1d8
FS:  00007fad2f19c6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d6bf5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fad2f19bf98 CR3: 000000002ccfd000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 skb_consume_udp+0x19f/0x250 net/ipv4/udp.c:1854
 udp_recvmsg+0x6c7/0x1350 net/ipv4/udp.c:2145
 sk_udp_recvmsg+0x9b/0x120 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:20
 udp_bpf_recvmsg net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:94 [inline]
 udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x5c0/0xe40 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:62
 inet_recvmsg+0x625/0x6a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891
 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline]
 sock_recvmsg+0x1b2/0x250 net/socket.c:1100
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x218/0x6b0 net/socket.c:2812
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x114/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2854
 do_recvmmsg+0x2fe/0x750 net/socket.c:2949
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3023 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3046 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x22a/0x280 net/socket.c:3039
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fad2e38f7c9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fad2f19c038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fad2e5e6090 RCX: 00007fad2e38f7c9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00002000000047c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fad2e413f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fad2e5e6128 R14: 00007fad2e5e6090 R15: 00007ffd88783058
 </TASK>

Crashes (12):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/27 02:30 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d1b870e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/27 01:43 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d1b870e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/27 00:56 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d1b870e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/27 00:09 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d1b870e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/28 03:07 upstream d26143bb38e2 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/26 23:09 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2026/01/03 11:56 net dbf8fe85a16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2026/01/02 11:10 net dbf8fe85a16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/30 21:30 net 1adaea51c61b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/30 21:29 net 1adaea51c61b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/30 01:10 net 85f4b0c650d9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
2025/12/28 08:45 net d42bce414d1c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in skb_attempt_defer_free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.