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WARNING in inc_nlink

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/20 05:26
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+642f43b47421d18b19dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1008d, last: 7d18h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 97f044f690bac2b094bfb7fb2d177ef946c85880
Author: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Date: Fri Oct 22 15:03:02 2021 +0000

  fuse: don't increment nlink in link()

  
Fix bisection: the issue occurs on the latest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: WARNING in inc_nlink (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/14 linux-5.15.y (ToT) b0ece631f84a C [report] WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/05/13 upstream (ToT) d4d58949a6ea C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in inc_nlink origin:lts-only -1 C 33 4h18m 184d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/21 08:35
linux-4.19 WARNING in inc_nlink (2) -1 C error 102 1121d 1877d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/11/01 15:25
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink (2) fs -1 C inconclusive done 21 1385d 1722d 20/29 fixed on 2022/03/08 16:11
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink (3) fs -1 C error error 6908 3d18h 1376d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/03/17 16:37
linux-6.1 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 81 965d 987d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/07/31 15:23
linux-4.19 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 8 1951d 2100d 1/1 fixed on 2020/09/18 07:23
linux-4.14 WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 21 1959d 2101d 1/1 fixed on 2020/09/11 09:49
linux-4.14 WARNING in inc_nlink (2) -1 C 47 1037d 1872d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/11/06 09:55
upstream WARNING in inc_nlink -1 C done 26 1988d 2091d 15/29 fixed on 2020/09/16 22:51
linux-6.1 WARNING in inc_nlink (2) origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C done 477 17h36m 724d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/28 21:17
Fix bisection attempts (7)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/12/06 06:14 4h29m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2023/11/30 14:32 2h14m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log
2023/10/30 05:59 1h16m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log
2023/09/28 07:46 49m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log
2023/07/26 19:45 1h39m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log
2023/06/13 07:26 31m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log
2023/04/19 09:00 34m bisect fix linux-5.15.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 128
attempt to access beyond end of device
loop0: rw=0, want=6491538, limit=128
Buffer I/O error on dev loop0, logical block 3245768, async page read
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4315 at fs/inode.c:389 inc_nlink+0x11d/0x130 fs/inode.c:389
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4315 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:inc_nlink+0x11d/0x130 fs/inode.c:389
Code: 0a ef ff e9 3a ff ff ff 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 4c ff ff ff 48 89 df e8 ad 0a ef ff e9 3f ff ff ff e8 13 a2 aa ff <0f> 0b eb 82 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002fafd60 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81cd29fd RBX: ffff88805e170080 RCX: ffff8880220ad940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1002d39a57
R10: ffffed1002d39a57 R11: 1ffff11002d39a56 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff1100bc2e010 R14: ffff88805e170038 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000555574094500(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5492d6b000 CR3: 0000000024a6d000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 inode_inc_link_count include/linux/fs.h:2498 [inline]
 sysv_mkdir+0x1d/0x120 fs/sysv/namei.c:119
 vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4073
 do_mkdirat+0x1d7/0x5a0 fs/namei.c:4098
 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4113 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4111 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4111
 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: 0033:0x7f71787c6749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe6cd1f7e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7178a1cfa0 RCX: 00007f71787c6749
RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f717884af91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7178a1cfa0 R14: 00007f7178a1cfa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (778):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/09 13:35 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/28 01:29 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/05/16 13:58 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 cfde8269 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/11/21 18:36 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 4b25d554 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/05/12 02:59 linux-5.15.y 284087d4f7d5 9026e142 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/05/08 08:00 linux-5.15.y 8a7f2a5c5aa1 90c93c40 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/03/02 07:32 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 c3901742 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/08/11 19:06 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c 6f4edef4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2024/07/14 10:38 linux-5.15.y f45bea23c39c eaeb5c15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1] [mounted in repro #2] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/03/20 05:50 linux-5.15.y 8020ae3c051d 7939252e .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/14 22:07 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/14 17:30 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/14 11:26 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/14 04:47 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/13 22:24 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/09 11:54 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/05 07:43 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/05 03:56 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/04 00:42 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/12/03 10:45 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/30 10:29 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/27 16:48 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/20 06:53 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/15 21:26 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/15 21:26 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/10 08:42 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/07 22:37 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/11/02 04:18 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/25 02:53 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/24 06:39 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/21 00:06 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 d422939c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/20 13:41 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/20 06:25 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/19 08:57 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/19 02:17 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/14 06:17 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/05 09:46 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/04 09:09 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/04 04:18 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/01 05:44 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/10/01 00:14 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/30 13:05 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/25 05:04 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/22 08:27 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/21 12:40 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/18 12:14 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/17 15:50 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/17 14:43 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/17 06:20 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/16 08:43 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/15 15:31 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/08 10:07 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/04 01:06 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/03 17:27 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/09/02 06:45 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/31 10:22 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/29 07:33 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/29 04:18 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
2025/08/22 10:43 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING in inc_nlink
2023/03/20 05:26 linux-5.15.y 8020ae3c051d 7939252e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in inc_nlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.