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WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/04 22:09
Reported-by: syzbot+47350a473be99ab8cff7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 254d, last: 1d17h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel wireless -1 syz done done 3 915d 955d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/21 00:13
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel -1 C 104 5h43m 256d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/02 09:20

Sample crash report:
bond0: (slave wlan1): Releasing backup interface
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 19471 at net/mac80211/chan.c:2022 ieee80211_link_release_channel+0x154/0x180 net/mac80211/chan.c:2022
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 19471 Comm: syz.4.3217 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_link_release_channel+0x154/0x180 net/mac80211/chan.c:2022
Code: 7c 2d 00 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 a8 29 d6 f7 bf 60 1e 00 00 48 03 3b 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 e1 bf 85 00 e8 ec f1 7d f7 <0f> 0b eb c5 48 c7 c1 ac 49 8b 8e 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 51
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043af0c8 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff8a093014 RBX: ffff88807bca1598 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90013f06000 RSI: 00000000000774eb RDI: 00000000000774ec
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff8e8b14ef R09: 1ffffffff1d1629d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d1629e R12: ffff88807bca2c08
R13: 1ffff1100f7942b3 R14: ffff88807bca23c0 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007f4edc8d86c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f4a88e17dac CR3: 0000000026c4c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x133d/0x1900 net/core/dev.c:11144
 unregister_netdevice_many net/core/dev.c:11180 [inline]
 unregister_netdevice_queue+0x32c/0x370 net/core/dev.c:11060
 unregister_netdevice include/linux/netdevice.h:3137 [inline]
 _cfg80211_unregister_wdev+0x16b/0x580 net/wireless/core.c:1216
 ieee80211_if_remove+0x1c1/0x2c0 net/mac80211/iface.c:2300
 ieee80211_del_iface+0x19/0x20 net/mac80211/cfg.c:202
 rdev_del_virtual_intf net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:62 [inline]
 cfg80211_remove_virtual_intf+0x224/0x3c0 net/wireless/util.c:2756
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x211/0x310 net/netlink/genetlink.c:971
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1051 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x619/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1066
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x241/0x4d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1075
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x751/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5ba/0x960 net/socket.c:2594
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2648
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2677 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2686 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1c2/0x2b0 net/socket.c:2684
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f4edb99c819
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:00007f4edc8d8028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4edbc15fa0 RCX: 00007f4edb99c819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000200 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f4edba32c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4edbc16038 R14: 00007f4edbc15fa0 R15: 00007ffd086d3838
 </TASK>

Crashes (89):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/14 05:21 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/04/12 06:33 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/04/08 21:10 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/28 16:57 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/28 05:55 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/27 17:07 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/26 15:57 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/26 06:08 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 c6143aac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/24 06:05 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 baf8bf12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/21 08:15 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/20 07:58 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 2f245add .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/20 01:57 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/18 01:02 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/17 14:26 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 c01bca74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/12 15:17 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/09 21:58 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/03/07 09:50 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/30 17:08 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/28 21:02 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/25 17:01 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/25 04:36 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/24 19:12 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/23 18:03 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/23 02:40 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/22 13:55 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/21 14:21 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/19 18:51 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/18 19:24 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2026/01/10 15:45 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/29 16:28 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/23 00:56 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/21 16:28 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/16 23:40 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/16 17:32 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/13 13:12 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/07 08:58 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/12/01 19:24 linux-6.6.y 4791134e4aeb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/26 19:28 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/25 19:40 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/25 06:52 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/20 16:27 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/20 01:51 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/18 18:45 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/18 18:31 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/17 20:15 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/17 06:27 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/17 06:25 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/11/14 20:44 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/29 04:40 linux-6.6.y cc1a1c5b404a d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/24 03:32 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/19 19:02 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 254a27c1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/19 18:28 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 254a27c1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/19 08:50 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/19 06:58 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/17 23:43 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/17 23:41 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/09 10:41 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/09 05:43 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/05 20:20 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 37880f40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/05 05:24 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
2025/08/04 22:08 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ieee80211_link_release_channel
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.