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BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/08 17:30
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+6e619ff6dd4c8618a635@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 11d, last: 17h16m
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[syzbot] [net?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity (2) 2 (3) 2025/07/08 21:34
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity net 5 370 12d 67d 29/29 fixed on 2025/07/08 00:33

Sample crash report:
netlink: 8 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.1.3565'.
macsec0: entered promiscuous mode
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:579
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 21146, name: syz.1.3565
preempt_count: 201, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
3 locks held by syz.1.3565/21146:
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rtnl_link_ops_get+0x23/0x250 net/core/rtnetlink.c:570
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_newlink+0x8db/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4054
 #2: ffff888034f48368 (&macsec_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+...}-{3:3}, at: netif_addr_lock_bh include/linux/netdevice.h:4805 [inline]
 #2: ffff888034f48368 (&macsec_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+...}-{3:3}, at: dev_uc_add+0x67/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:689
Preemption disabled at:
[<ffffffff895a8716>] local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline]
[<ffffffff895a8716>] netif_addr_lock_bh include/linux/netdevice.h:4804 [inline]
[<ffffffff895a8716>] dev_uc_add+0x56/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:689
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 21146 Comm: syz.1.3565 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc5-syzkaller-00276-g5d5d62298b8b #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 __might_resched+0x495/0x610 kernel/sched/core.c:8800
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:579 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x106/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
 netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline]
 dev_set_promiscuity+0x10e/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:286
 dev_change_rx_flags net/core/dev.c:9241 [inline]
 __dev_set_promiscuity+0x531/0x740 net/core/dev.c:9285
 __dev_set_rx_mode+0x17c/0x260 net/core/dev.c:-1
 dev_uc_add+0xc8/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:693
 macsec_dev_open+0xd9/0x530 drivers/net/macsec.c:3634
 __dev_open+0x46d/0x880 net/core/dev.c:1683
 __dev_change_flags+0x1ea/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:9458
 rtnl_configure_link net/core/rtnetlink.c:3577 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink_create+0x555/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3833
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x759/0x8e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2620
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2655
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f216058e929
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:00007f21613ea038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f21607b5fa0 RCX: 00007f216058e929
RDX: 0000000000000800 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f2160610b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f21607b5fa0 R15: 00007f21608dfa28
 </TASK>

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[ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
6.16.0-rc5-syzkaller-00276-g5d5d62298b8b #0 Tainted: G        W          
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syz.1.3565/21146 is trying to lock:
ffff888025f90d30 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
ffff888025f90d30 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline]
ffff888025f90d30 (&dev_instance_lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_set_promiscuity+0x10e/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:286
other info that might help us debug this:
context-{5:5}
3 locks held by syz.1.3565/21146:
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8fa232b8 (&ops->srcu#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: rtnl_link_ops_get+0x23/0x250 net/core/rtnetlink.c:570
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8f51da08 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_newlink+0x8db/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4054
 #2: ffff888034f48368 (&macsec_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+...}-{3:3}, at: netif_addr_lock_bh include/linux/netdevice.h:4805 [inline]
 #2: ffff888034f48368 (&macsec_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+...}-{3:3}, at: dev_uc_add+0x67/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:689
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 21146 Comm: syz.1.3565 Tainted: G        W           6.16.0-rc5-syzkaller-00276-g5d5d62298b8b #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_lock_invalid_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4833 [inline]
 check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4905 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0xbcb/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5190
 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:602 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
 netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline]
 dev_set_promiscuity+0x10e/0x260 net/core/dev_api.c:286
 dev_change_rx_flags net/core/dev.c:9241 [inline]
 __dev_set_promiscuity+0x531/0x740 net/core/dev.c:9285
 __dev_set_rx_mode+0x17c/0x260 net/core/dev.c:-1
 dev_uc_add+0xc8/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:693
 macsec_dev_open+0xd9/0x530 drivers/net/macsec.c:3634
 __dev_open+0x46d/0x880 net/core/dev.c:1683
 __dev_change_flags+0x1ea/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:9458
 rtnl_configure_link net/core/rtnetlink.c:3577 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink_create+0x555/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3833
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x759/0x8e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2620
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2655
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f216058e929
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:00007f21613ea038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f21607b5fa0 RCX: 00007f216058e929
RDX: 0000000000000800 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f2160610b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f21607b5fa0 R15: 00007f21608dfa28
 </TASK>

Crashes (16):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/14 06:35 upstream 5d5d62298b8b 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/10 11:48 upstream 8c2e52ebbe88 19d4829f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/10 04:12 upstream 8c2e52ebbe88 956bd956 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/08 19:13 upstream d006330be3f7 abade794 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/19 10:31 net 96e056ffba91 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/17 22:12 net 9f735b6f8a77 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/17 21:26 net 9f735b6f8a77 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/16 12:52 net dae7f9cbd190 c118d736 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/16 05:55 net dae7f9cbd190 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/16 00:47 net 0e9418961f89 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/12 22:38 net 7727ec1523d7 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/10 00:34 net 3c78f91e82d6 f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/09 23:33 net 3c78f91e82d6 f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/09 12:01 net 3c78f91e82d6 abade794 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/08 12:04 net 1e3b66e32601 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
2025/07/16 23:23 net-next 511ad4c26446 44f8051e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in dev_set_promiscuity
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.