WARNING in configfs_symlink

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 00:34
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+608f7f2a86361e18ba0b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d19h, last: 6d18h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
07acdd02 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in configfs_symlink 2026/07/29 05:47 2026/07/29 05:47 2026/07/29 06:15 19622d9d

			
		
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[syzbot] [fs?] WARNING in configfs_symlink 0 (1) 2026/08/01 00:34

Sample crash report:
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!atomic_read(&sd->s_count)
WARNING: fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h:146 at configfs_get fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h:146 [inline], CPU#0: syz.2.1991/9996
WARNING: fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h:146 at create_link fs/configfs/symlink.c:92 [inline], CPU#0: syz.2.1991/9996
WARNING: fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h:146 at configfs_symlink+0xdd4/0x11f0 fs/configfs/symlink.c:199, CPU#0: syz.2.1991/9996
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9996 Comm: syz.2.1991 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:configfs_get fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h:146 [inline]
RIP: 0010:create_link fs/configfs/symlink.c:92 [inline]
RIP: 0010:configfs_symlink+0xdd4/0x11f0 fs/configfs/symlink.c:199
Code: 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 10 00 0f 85 63 03 00 00 48 8b 74 24 18 48 8b 3d 8c 26 bb 18 e8 97 6e ad ff e9 4f fe ff ff e8 dd df 48 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 a6 f8 ff ff e8 cf df 48 ff 48 c7 c7 40 49 eb 8e e8 a3
RSP: 0018:ffffc900020bfcc8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888039383be8 RCX: ffffffff82c1790a
RDX: ffff888034e38000 RSI: ffffffff82c18063 RDI: ffff888034e38000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888046851c80
R13: ffff888046851d58 R14: ffff88802bdacc80 R15: ffff888058814000
FS:  00007fbd7c4276c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d5ddc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fbd7c426ff8 CR3: 000000002d0d2000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vfs_symlink fs/namei.c:5660 [inline]
 vfs_symlink+0x178/0x4d0 fs/namei.c:5639
 filename_symlinkat+0x2a6/0x560 fs/namei.c:5685
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:5705 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:5700 [inline]
 __x64_sys_symlinkat+0x9c/0xe0 fs/namei.c:5700
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fbd7b59de99
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:00007fbd7c427028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000010a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbd7b825fa0 RCX: 00007fbd7b59de99
RDX: 0000200000000340 RSI: ffffffffffffff9c RDI: 0000200000000300
RBP: 00007fbd7b633eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbd7b826038 R14: 00007fbd7b825fa0 R15: 00007fff25ff7358
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/29 05:46 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 4a865b71 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in configfs_symlink
2026/07/29 06:13 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 4a865b71 .config console log report syz / log [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in configfs_symlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.