inconsistent lock state in valid_state (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 10:00
Reported-by: syzbot+4358593ed3ab3b8a104b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d06h, last: 1d18h
Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 inconsistent lock state in valid_state (2) missing-backport 4 syz, C done 208 665d 882d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/26 10:49
linux-6.6 inconsistent lock state in valid_state origin:upstream 4 syz, C done 19 77d 116d 2/2 fixed on 2026/06/29 10:59
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (7) prio:high x25 4 syz 264 1h41m 2d16h 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/08/11 00:12
linux-5.15 inconsistent lock state in valid_state (3) origin:upstream 4 syz, C done 152 18h07m 114d 2/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/04/20 22:51
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (6) kernfs comedi 4 2 298d 298d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/26 19:03
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state kernel 4 1 1267d 1263d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/23 05:39
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (4) linux1394 ppp 4 syz, C error 72 549d 724d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/21 16:31
linux-5.15 inconsistent lock state in valid_state 4 2 1155d 1234d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/22 20:18
linux-6.1 inconsistent lock state in valid_state (2) origin:upstream missing-backport 4 syz, C done 399 17h52m 1055d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/09/22 23:56
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (5) net 4 515 344d 348d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/09/16 17:45
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (2) sound 4 syz, C inconclusive 57405 794d 918d 25/29 fixed on 2024/06/11 03:41
upstream inconsistent lock state in valid_state (3) mm 4 syz, C error 376 741d 790d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44
linux-6.1 inconsistent lock state in valid_state 4 1 1236d 1236d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/24 01:34

Sample crash report:
================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
ksoftirqd/1/22 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffff88807d862130 (sk_lock-AF_X25){+.?.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1780 [inline]
ffff88807d862130 (sk_lock-AF_X25){+.?.}-{0:0}, at: x25_kill_by_neigh+0x10d/0x250 net/x25/af_x25.c:1782
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
  lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
  lock_sock_nested+0x48/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3544
  lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1780 [inline]
  x25_bind+0x20a/0x460 net/x25/af_x25.c:698
  __sys_bind+0x2f0/0x3f0 net/socket.c:1856
  __do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1867 [inline]
  __se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1865 [inline]
  __x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1865
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
irq event stamp: 648692
hardirqs last  enabled at (648692): [<ffffffff8152ccba>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x13a/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:411
hardirqs last disabled at (648691): [<ffffffff8152cc5b>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0xdb/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:388
softirqs last  enabled at (648600): [<ffffffff8152f928>] run_ksoftirqd+0xa8/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:950
softirqs last disabled at (648605): [<ffffffff8152f928>] run_ksoftirqd+0xa8/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:950

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(sk_lock-AF_X25);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(sk_lock-AF_X25);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by ksoftirqd/1/22:
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: netif_receive_skb_core+0x34/0x230 net/core/dev.c:5670

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 22 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 valid_state+0x13b/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4013
 mark_lock_irq+0xad/0x900 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4216
 mark_lock+0x208/0x320 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4678
 mark_usage kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0xcfc/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5091
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 lock_sock_nested+0x48/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3544
 lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1780 [inline]
 x25_kill_by_neigh+0x10d/0x250 net/x25/af_x25.c:1782
 x25_lapb_receive_frame+0x1a7/0xef0 net/x25/x25_dev.c:138
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5646 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_core+0x16a/0x230 net/core/dev.c:5671
 lapbeth_napi_poll+0x42/0x80 drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c:99
 __napi_poll+0xbb/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6650
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6717 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x65f/0xcc0 net/core/dev.c:6853
 handle_softirqs+0x27d/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 run_ksoftirqd+0xa8/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:950
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x651/0x9f0 kernel/smpboot.c:164
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at net/core/sock.c:3546
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 22, name: ksoftirqd/1
preempt_count: 100, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
Preemption disabled at:
[<ffffffff8152cfe1>] softirq_handle_begin kernel/softirq.c:419 [inline]
[<ffffffff8152cfe1>] handle_softirqs+0x101/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:554
CPU: 1 PID: 22 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __might_resched+0x48d/0x5f0 kernel/sched/core.c:10212
 lock_sock_nested+0x5d/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3546
 lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1780 [inline]
 x25_kill_by_neigh+0x10d/0x250 net/x25/af_x25.c:1782
 x25_lapb_receive_frame+0x1a7/0xef0 net/x25/x25_dev.c:138
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5646 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_core+0x16a/0x230 net/core/dev.c:5671
 lapbeth_napi_poll+0x42/0x80 drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c:99
 __napi_poll+0xbb/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6650
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6717 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x65f/0xcc0 net/core/dev.c:6853
 handle_softirqs+0x27d/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 run_ksoftirqd+0xa8/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:950
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x651/0x9f0 kernel/smpboot.c:164
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/11 22:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 22:07 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 22:07 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 22:07 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 03:52 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 02:26 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 02:25 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 02:22 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 02:22 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/11 02:22 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 08:49 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 08:49 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 08:47 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 08:46 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 08:46 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 06:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 06:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 06:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 06:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/10 06:10 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/09 14:37 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 14:31 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 07:25 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 07:24 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 07:24 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 07:24 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 00:18 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 00:17 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 00:17 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 00:17 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/07 00:17 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 04:21 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 04:21 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 02:10 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 02:09 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 02:09 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 01:21 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/06 01:21 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/05 14:13 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/05 14:02 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
2026/08/05 09:59 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan inconsistent lock state in valid_state
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.