WARNING in trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/25 08:41
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+6d2762674103618994b0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d13h, last: 1d13h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
87f85ff5 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send 2026/08/26 00:41 2026/08/26 00:41 2026/08/26 01:18 ee98d2fd
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[PATCH net] net: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint 5 (5) 2026/08/25 14:48
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send 0 (1) 2026/08/25 08:41

Sample crash report:
binder: 11339:11341 DecRefs 0 refcount change on invalid ref 3 ret -22
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WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.1884/11341
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 at udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.1884/11341
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 at do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.1884/11341
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 at trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11, CPU#1: syz.7.1884/11341
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11341 Comm: syz.7.1884 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline]
pc : udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline]
pc : do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline]
pc : trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11
lr : skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline]
lr : udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline]
lr : do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline]
lr : trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11
sp : ffff800094826d60
x29: ffff800094826e40 x28: ffff0000d2770000 x27: ffff0000f3109e76
x26: 000000000000ffff x25: ffff700012904db4 x24: 000000000000ffff
x23: 00000000000000a0 x22: 1fffe0001e6213ce x21: ffff0000f3109dc0
x20: ffff0000fbb766f0 x19: ffff0000d3be1d48 x18: 00000000ffffffff
x17: ffff80008a7d6000 x16: 0000000000000004 x15: ffff80008a35fda0
x14: ffff80008a5d5e28 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000080000 x9 : 00000000000033d0
x8 : ffff8000a22ec000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 646165725f756372
x5 : ffff0000fbb766e9 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : ffff800085503d58
x2 : 000000000000ffff x1 : ffff0000d3be1d40 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
 skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline] (P)
 udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline] (P)
 do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline] (P)
 trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 (P)
 __traceiter_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline]
 __do_trace_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline]
 trace_icmp_send+0x320/0x49c include/trace/events/icmp.h:11
 __icmp_send+0xcfc/0x11d8 net/ipv4/icmp.c:1013
 ipv4_send_dest_unreach net/ipv4/route.c:1280 [inline]
 ipv4_link_failure+0x57c/0x8dc net/ipv4/route.c:1287
 dst_link_failure include/net/dst.h:438 [inline]
 vti_xmit net/ipv4/ip_vti.c:271 [inline]
 vti_tunnel_xmit+0xe40/0x17a4 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c:307
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5397 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5406 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3889 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1dc/0x9d4 net/core/dev.c:3905
 __dev_queue_xmit+0xed4/0x2bc0 net/core/dev.c:4878
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline]
 packet_xmit+0x6c/0x314 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3107 [inline]
 packet_sendmsg+0x2f40/0x3e78 net/packet/af_packet.c:3139
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:775 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0xc8/0x17c net/socket.c:790
 __sys_sendto+0x250/0x328 net/socket.c:2252
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2259 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2255 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_sendto+0xec/0x10c net/socket.c:2255
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0x19c/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:758
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0x104 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:777
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:590
irq event stamp: 3053
hardirqs last  enabled at (3052): [<ffff800082179080>] get_random_u8+0x3d8/0x7dc drivers/char/random.c:539
hardirqs last disabled at (3053): [<ffff80008690cc28>] el1_brk64+0x20/0x54 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:445
softirqs last  enabled at (3024): [<ffff800084c0e4cc>] __alloc_skb+0x1c0/0x610 net/core/skbuff.c:698
softirqs last disabled at (3028): [<ffff800084c7a6c0>] local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (3028): [<ffff800084c7a6c0>] rcu_read_lock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:893 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (3028): [<ffff800084c7a6c0>] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1fc/0x2bc0 net/core/dev.c:4796
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/24 23:32 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 68f892e99df9 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.