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BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/25 18:46
Reported-by: syzbot+56a399c10b95faec2d59@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d12h, last: 3d12h
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr 8 6 417d 549d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/15 11:02
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (3) 8 9 376d 575d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/26 02:46
android-6-1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr origin:downstream 2 C error 8 22d 732d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 18:25
upstream general protection fault in security_inode_getattr overlayfs 2 C done inconclusive 55 1050d 2068d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:02
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 1 862d 862d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/25 11:36
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (4) 2 1 150d 150d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/06 18:28
android-54 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C 3 363d 2028d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/09/08 02:23
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (3) 2 1 154d 154d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/02 20:46
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (2) 2 1 311d 311d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/29 15:51
android-5-15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr origin:downstream 2 C error 10 46d 731d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 12:21
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (2) 2 4 700d 740d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/05 16:40
linux-4.19 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C error 29 1269d 2050d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/16 14:26
linux-6.1 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 4 657d 706d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/17 16:33
android-5-10 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr 2 C 29 22d 732d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/26 17:56
linux-5.15 general protection fault in security_inode_getattr (5) 2 3 14h31m 32d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/02/25 02:25

Sample crash report:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff80000000000d
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000068-0x000000000000006f]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000006
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
  CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff80000000000d] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 24445 Comm: syz.7.3466 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/26/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:543 [inline]
pc : security_inode_getattr+0x48/0x124 security/security.c:1360
lr : security_inode_getattr+0x24/0x124 security/security.c:1359
sp : ffff8000218970b0
x29: ffff8000218970b0 x28: ffff8000218971c0 x27: f8f8f8f8f8f8f8f8
x26: 0000000000020401 x25: ffff0000e00c5a70 x24: ffff8000218973e0
x23: ffff0000e1905a70 x22: dfff800000000000 x21: ffff800021897400
x20: 0000000000000068 x19: ffff8000218973f0 x18: ffff800011b9bf60
x17: 1fffe00033eaa57e x16: ffff8000082eef80 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000002 x13: 1ffff00004312e7e x12: 0000000000080000
x11: 0000000000008087 x10: ffff800024209000 x9 : ffff80000a4ddb94
x8 : 000000000000000d x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f
x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 00000000000007ff x1 : ffff800021897400 x0 : ffff8000218973f0
Call trace:
 d_backing_inode include/linux/dcache.h:543 [inline]
 security_inode_getattr+0x48/0x124 security/security.c:1360
 vfs_getattr+0x34/0x88 fs/stat.c:158
 ovl_copy_up_one fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:973 [inline]
 ovl_copy_up_flags+0x2bc/0x2014 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1059
 ovl_maybe_copy_up+0x150/0x180 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1091
 ovl_open+0xe8/0x27c fs/overlayfs/file.c:152
 do_dentry_open+0x72c/0xf98 fs/open.c:882
 vfs_open+0x7c/0x90 fs/open.c:1015
 do_open fs/namei.c:3634 [inline]
 path_openat+0x1f8c/0x26bc fs/namei.c:3791
 do_filp_open+0x194/0x384 fs/namei.c:3818
 file_open_name+0x144/0x19c fs/open.c:1265
 acct_on kernel/acct.c:235 [inline]
 __do_sys_acct kernel/acct.c:328 [inline]
 __se_sys_acct kernel/acct.c:315 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_acct+0x128/0x714 kernel/acct.c:315
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b4 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x130 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: 97902654 f9400288 9101a114 d343fe88 (38766908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	97902654 	bl	0xfffffffffe409950
   4:	f9400288 	ldr	x8, [x20]
   8:	9101a114 	add	x20, x8, #0x68
   c:	d343fe88 	lsr	x8, x20, #3
* 10:	38766908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x22] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/25 18:46 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 8ee77f7d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in security_inode_getattr
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.