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BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/26 16:31
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+503ce1dbeb93ad221be6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 58d, last: 1d01h
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/01/26 android13-5.15-lts (ToT) fd7f3945989f C [report] BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/26 lts (merge base) 278455a82245 C Didn't crash
2026/01/26 upstream (ToT) fcb70a56f4d8 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill fs 8 C 35 2839d 2858d 5/29 fixed on 2018/05/08 18:30
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 C 11 262d 671d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 11:32
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (3) 8 5 5d18h 100d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2025/10/19 21:38
linux-4.19 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 2111d 2111d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/15 07:34
android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 393d 393d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/30 08:49
android-5-10 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 C inconclusive 156 15h56m 671d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 10:55
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) fs 8 C done 4945 2238d 2238d 15/29 fixed on 2020/02/18 14:31
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 2 281d 351d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/20 02:58
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 1030d 1030d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/01 17:00
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 2 536d 563d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/07 13:03

Sample crash report:
R10: 0000000001004040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f3cc71b4fac R14: 00007f3cc71b4fa0 R15: 00007f3cc71b4fa0
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 61a9363f79be82fa ]---
list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff888120e8b2b0, but was ffff888120f09c40
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kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:61!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 429 Comm: syz.6.27 Tainted: G        W         syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10c/0x120 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 89 de e8 16 70 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 00 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 05 70 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 60 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 f4 6f 56 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 c0 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 e3 6f 56 02 0f 0b 00 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002f273b8 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff888120e8b2b0 RCX: 60a5e4b3f5a91c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90002f273d8 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005e4dd8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888120f09c40 R15: ffff888120ea84d0
FS:  0000555590df6500(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001000 CR3: 000000012fcf0000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:132 [inline]
 dentry_unlist fs/dcache.c:529 [inline]
 __dentry_kill+0x24c/0x650 fs/dcache.c:582
 dentry_kill+0xc0/0x2a0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0x47/0x90 fs/dcache.c:893
 path_put+0x39/0x60 fs/namei.c:559
 dentry_release+0x4f/0xa0 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1606
 __dentry_kill+0x4b5/0x650 fs/dcache.c:591
 dentry_kill+0xc0/0x2a0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0x47/0x90 fs/dcache.c:893
 path_put+0x39/0x60 fs/namei.c:559
 dentry_release+0x4f/0xa0 fs/incfs/vfs.c:1606
 __dentry_kill+0x4b5/0x650 fs/dcache.c:591
 dentry_kill+0xc0/0x2a0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0x47/0x90 fs/dcache.c:893
 ovl_workdir_create+0x249/0x5c0 fs/overlayfs/super.c:810
 ovl_make_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:1398 [inline]
 ovl_get_workdir+0x386/0x1130 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1548
 ovl_fill_super+0x18c2/0x2a20 fs/overlayfs/super.c:2104
 mount_nodev+0x5c/0xf0 fs/super.c:1446
 ovl_mount+0x2c/0x40 fs/overlayfs/super.c:2194
 legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x190 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x89/0x260 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x25a/0xa20 fs/namespace.c:3034
 path_mount+0x659/0xff0 fs/namespace.c:3364
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x320/0x390 fs/namespace.c:3562
 __x64_sys_mount+0xbf/0xd0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 x64_sys_call+0x6bf/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f3cc6f39eb9
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:00007fff1515a198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f3cc71b4fa0 RCX: 00007f3cc6f39eb9
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f3cc6fa7c1f R08: 0000200000000340 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000001004040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f3cc71b4fac R14: 00007f3cc71b4fa0 R15: 00007f3cc71b4fa0
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 61a9363f79be82fb ]---
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10c/0x120 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 89 de e8 16 70 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 00 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 05 70 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 60 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 f4 6f 56 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 c0 98 63 85 48 89 de e8 e3 6f 56 02 0f 0b 00 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002f273b8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff888120e8b2b0 RCX: 60a5e4b3f5a91c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90002f273d8 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005e4dd8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888120f09c40 R15: ffff888120ea84d0
FS:  0000555590df6500(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001000 CR3: 000000012fcf0000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (19):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/26 16:25 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d a4c52dd6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/24 08:12 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/24 05:11 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/22 02:00 android13-5.15-lts a3d96b0467db 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/18 06:58 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/11 08:17 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/10 01:39 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/09 23:50 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/07 16:20 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/05 03:08 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/04 09:26 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/02 12:02 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/01 02:38 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/23 07:04 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/18 22:34 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/15 00:59 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/12 07:20 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/03 00:09 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/11/30 10:38 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.