WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+5033aaab8eff7ec95477@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 417d, last: 1h57m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/06 upstream (ToT) 1f988d0788f5 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C inconclusive 664 4h28m 413d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
linux-6.1 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C inconclusive 2582 1h58m 419d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 syz, C 35773 397d 422d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4904 at kernel/events/core.c:6688 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6688 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4904 at kernel/events/core.c:6688 perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6800
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4904 Comm: syz.0.130 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6688 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6800
Code: e8 92 4a de ff 84 db 75 10 e8 29 48 de ff 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 19 48 de ff e8 8c c8 65 ff eb e9 e8 0d 48 de ff <0f> 0b 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 43 80 3c 2f 00 0f 85 0a ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000381f9c0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff819ab4a3 RBX: ffff888074ab1040 RCX: ffff888023b6d940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff888074ab0e10 R08: ffff888023b6e353 R09: 1ffff1100476dc6a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100476dc6b R12: ffff888023b6d940
R13: ffff888079501158 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff1100e9561c2
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa297972dac CR3: 000000000c08e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:33 [inline]
 do_exit+0x635/0x2110 kernel/exit.c:890
 do_group_exit+0x12c/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1004
 get_signal+0x7eb/0x12e0 kernel/signal.c:2909
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe6/0x12a0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fa2976e90d9
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x7fa2976e90af.
RSP: 002b:00007fa296d490e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00007fa297970fa8 RCX: 00007fa2976e90d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007fa297970fa8
RBP: 00007fa297970fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa297971038 R14: 00007fffa27573d0 R15: 00007fffa27574b8
 </TASK>

Crashes (2196):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/09 21:13 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 07:54 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 03:07 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/04 19:24 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/01/16 13:06 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 02:36 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 02:35 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 00:34 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 22:58 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:19 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/30 14:25 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 fd2207e7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/10 16:14 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 09:18 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 08:28 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 07:16 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 02:55 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/24 07:53 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 20:12 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 19:27 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/23 18:15 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e1dd4f22 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/04 22:11 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e d869b261 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/20 17:09 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/20 16:08 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/19 15:16 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/19 14:16 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/19 09:38 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/19 06:58 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/18 15:52 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/18 03:42 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/18 01:47 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/17 19:17 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/17 10:18 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/17 07:05 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/17 04:12 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 18:17 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 16:49 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 14:40 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 12:51 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 11:09 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/16 04:21 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/15 08:15 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/14 23:32 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/14 22:01 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/14 15:50 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/14 13:12 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/13 21:49 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/13 19:47 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/13 16:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/13 11:42 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/12 20:20 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/12 16:11 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/12 11:22 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 22:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 14:58 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 11:03 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 07:33 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 02:57 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/11 00:09 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/10 21:13 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/10 11:21 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/10 05:05 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/09 01:08 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/08 18:36 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/08 10:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/08 02:20 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/08 00:59 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/07 16:39 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/07 12:24 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/29 10:29 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.