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WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/07 05:57
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+45016fe295243a7882d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 445e99bdf68d rtnetlink: Fix bad unlock balance in do_setlink().
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm 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-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 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 ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb], missing on: [ci-qemu2-riscv64]
First crash: 49d, last: 39d
Cause bisection: introduced by (bisect log) :
commit dbfc99495d960134bfe1a4f13849fb0d5373b42c
Author: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Date: Tue Apr 1 16:34:47 2025 +0000

  net: dummy: request ops lock

Crash: WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink 8 (10) 2025/04/08 20:41
[PATCH v1 net] rtnetlink: Fix bad unlock balance in do_setlink(). 3 (3) 2025/04/08 19:51
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/04/07 06:37 1h11m kuniyu@amazon.com patch net report log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 Not tainted
-------------------------------------
syz-executor814/5834 is trying to release lock (&dev_instance_lock_key) at:
[<ffffffff89f41f56>] netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
[<ffffffff89f41f56>] netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
[<ffffffff89f41f56>] do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
but there are no more locks to release!

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by syz-executor814/5834:
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_newlink+0xd68/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4064

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5834 Comm: syz-executor814 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x185/0x1a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5296
 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5535 [inline]
 lock_release+0x1ed/0x3e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5887
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xee/0x800 kernel/locking/mutex.c:907
 netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
 netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
 do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
 rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3783 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3937 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x1619/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4065
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80f/0xd70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6955
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x480 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x9a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8c3/0xcd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x523/0x860 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2620 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x360 net/socket.c:2652
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8427b614a9
Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 37 17 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 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 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff9b59f3a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff9b59f578 RCX: 00007f8427b614a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8427bd4610 R08: 000000000000000c R09: 00007fff9b59f578
R10: 000000000000001b R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13:

Crashes (401):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/04/04 12:33 net 8bc251e5d874 d7ae3a11 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 15:32 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 09:23 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 06:34 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 01:23 upstream a24588245776 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 23:40 upstream a24588245776 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 09:28 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 08:16 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 05:32 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 22:17 upstream bec7dcbc242c a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/07 17:42 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/05 15:27 upstream a8662bcd2ff1 1c65791e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 20:54 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 21:07 upstream 2eb959eeecc6 1ef3ab4d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 19:19 upstream 2eb959eeecc6 1ef3ab4d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 17:36 upstream 2eb959eeecc6 1ef3ab4d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 12:07 upstream 3b07108ada81 1ef3ab4d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 09:56 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 02:39 upstream 3b07108ada81 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 22:23 upstream a24588245776 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 21:08 upstream a24588245776 47d015b1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 15:34 upstream a24588245776 47d015b1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 14:00 upstream a24588245776 47d015b1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 07:07 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 06:00 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 04:02 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 02:31 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 23:38 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 20:27 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a775275d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 18:27 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a775275d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 13:03 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a775275d .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 12:03 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a775275d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 04:39 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/07 19:09 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 2f0c9720 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 16:51 net 69ae94725f4f a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 15:23 net 69ae94725f4f a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 11:03 net 69ae94725f4f a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 10:02 net 69ae94725f4f a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 08:24 net 04efcee6ef8d a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 03:30 net 04efcee6ef8d a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 02:25 net 04efcee6ef8d a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/11 09:32 net-next a9843689e2de 1bc60a19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 13:17 net-next 311920774c40 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/10 07:51 net-next 311920774c40 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/09 18:38 net-next 420aabef3ab5 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 05:04 net-next 61f96e684edd a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 14:20 linux-next 7702d0130dc0 a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/08 06:33 linux-next 7702d0130dc0 a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/14 02:49 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/13 15:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/13 14:03 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/13 09:22 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/13 01:02 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
2025/04/11 23:21 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 2fe2b96c3818 12ba9c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING: bad unlock balance in do_setlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.