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WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/02/22 09:35
Subsystems: io-uring
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Reported-by: syzbot+557a278955ff3a4d3938@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 728d, last: 1h57m
Discussions (7)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/14 06:52
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Dec 2025) 1 (2) 2025/12/05 04:05
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Jul 2025) 0 (1) 2025/07/03 08:17
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Feb 2025) 0 (1) 2025/02/08 14:50
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Dec 2024) 0 (1) 2024/12/26 09:01
[syzbot] Monthly io-uring report (Apr 2024) 0 (1) 2024/04/15 09:23
[syzbot] [io-uring?] WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) 0 (1) 2024/02/22 09:35
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (2) -1 27 296d 423d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/04 09:19
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 5 949d 1040d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/19 11:52
linux-6.6 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 213 1d13h 242d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/06/18 00:00
linux-6.1 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work (3) -1 25 7d13h 220d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/07/10 06:43
linux-5.15 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work -1 9 942d 1049d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/27 08:42
upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work io-uring -1 C done done 3550 1023d 1797d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/28 02:36

Sample crash report:
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time_after(jiffies, timeout)
WARNING: io_uring/io_uring.c:2341 at io_ring_exit_work+0x4a3/0x960 io_uring/io_uring.c:2341, CPU#1: kworker/u8:6/15864
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 15864 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work
RIP: 0010:io_ring_exit_work+0x4a3/0x960 io_uring/io_uring.c:2341
Code: c6 05 d0 2a d0 0e 01 48 c7 c7 e0 41 26 8c be 25 00 00 00 48 c7 c2 a0 3d 26 8c e8 38 bc 76 00 e9 88 fe ff ff e8 3e 88 9a 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 b8 70 17 00 00 48 89 44 24 10 eb 9f c7 84 24 b0 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b6f960 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff812affc2 RBX: 0000000100023bd6 RCX: ffff88801d2a5ac0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffffd RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004b6faf0 R08: ffffc90004b6f8e7 R09: 1ffff9200096df1c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200096df1d R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000100023bd3 R14: 0000000000002000 R15: ffff88804077a000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812556f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fcf4e784cc0 CR3: 000000005d74b000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (5584):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/15 06:54 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/15 01:55 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/15 01:21 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 23:20 upstream 64275e9fda37 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 13:40 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 11:47 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 10:06 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 03:52 upstream cd7a5651db26 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 00:05 upstream cd7a5651db26 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 22:27 upstream cd7a5651db26 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 20:45 upstream cd7a5651db26 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 18:09 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 09:35 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 08:28 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 08:28 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 07:16 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 01:40 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 21:06 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 17:33 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 15:37 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 10:47 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 07:46 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 05:09 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 03:35 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 20:10 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 17:00 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 14:21 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/04 15:55 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/09/24 22:02 upstream 4ea5af085908 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 10:51 upstream cee73b1e840c 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 18:33 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 06:19 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 15:11 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 21:18 upstream 3e48a11675c5 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 19:21 upstream 3e48a11675c5 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 11:24 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 08:15 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 06:00 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 20:03 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 16:32 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 13:25 upstream 7449f86bafcd 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 12:19 upstream 7449f86bafcd 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 05:54 upstream 7449f86bafcd 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/13 04:35 upstream 7449f86bafcd 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 23:35 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 20:03 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 17:07 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 06:15 upstream 1e83ccd5921a 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/12 12:37 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 11:10 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/11 06:35 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/02 06:56 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/12/15 16:48 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 a066d2bc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2025/09/17 15:13 upstream 5aca7966d2a7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-compat WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/01 23:22 linux-next 4c87cdd03284 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2024/02/18 09:25 linux-next 2c3b09aac00d 578f7538 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/07 01:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/15 08:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
2026/02/14 16:29 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 WARNING in io_ring_exit_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.