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assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c (6)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/08 15:26
Reported-by: syzbot+7629e9b4887254ba456b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 12d, last: 12d
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
openbsd assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c (4) -1 C 9 1508d 1521d 3/3 fixed on 2022/04/05 02:42
openbsd assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c -1 C 2 2701d 2701d 3/3 fixed on 2019/01/11 00:09
openbsd assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c (2) -1 syz 2 1619d 1619d 0/3 closed as invalid on 2022/02/22 18:45
openbsd assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c (3) -1 syz 11 1531d 1547d 3/3 fixed on 2022/03/12 12:41
openbsd assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c (5) -1 10 109d 366d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/01 14:39

Sample crash report:
panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed: file "/syzkaller/managers/multicore/kernel/sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c", line 1764
Stopped at      db_enter+0x25:  addq    $0x8,%rsp
    TID    PID    UID     PRFLAGS     PFLAGS  CPU  COMMAND
  75837  78212      0           0          0    0  syz-executor
*335308  78212      0           0  0x4000000    1K syz-executor
db_enter() at db_enter+0x25 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:438
panic(ffffffff8345238f) at panic+0x1e5 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:198
__assert(ffffffff8349046e,ffffffff833f0b84,6e4,ffffffff834711f4) at __assert+0x29 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:-1
uvm_fault_unwire_locked(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000002000) at uvm_fault_unwire_locked+0x414 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1761
uvm_fault_wire(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000010000,3) at uvm_fault_wire+0x12d uvm_fault_unwire sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1724 [inline]
uvm_fault_wire(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000010000,3) at uvm_fault_wire+0x12d sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1706
uvm_vslock_device(ffff8000fffe6a80,200000000000,10000,3,ffff80003c41d7b8) at uvm_vslock_device+0x112 sys/uvm/uvm_glue.c:169
physio(ffffffff82df90b0,d02,8000,ffffffff82df9900,ffff80003c41da98) at physio+0x257 sys/kern/kern_physio.c:139
spec_read(ffff80003c41d8f0) at spec_read+0x14b sys/kern/spec_vnops.c:215
VOP_READ(fffffd806c5f26c0,ffff80003c41da98,0,fffffd80097fd680) at VOP_READ+0x101 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:227
vn_read(fffffd806c512908,ffff80003c41da98,1) at vn_read+0x17b sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:375
dofilereadv(ffff8000fffe6a80,3,ffff80003c41da98,1,ffff80003c41db50) at dofilereadv+0x25a sys/kern/sys_generic.c:252
sys_pread(ffff8000fffe6a80,ffff80003c41dc00,ffff80003c41db50) at sys_pread+0xae sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:3337
syscall(ffff80003c41dc00) at syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c41dc00) at syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x86735f6c8a0, count: 1
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ddb{1}> 
ddb{1}> set $lines = 0
ddb{1}> set $maxwidth = 0
ddb{1}> show panic
*cpu1: kernel diagnostic assertion "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed: file "/syzkaller/managers/multicore/kernel/sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c", line 1764
ddb{1}> trace
db_enter() at db_enter+0x25 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:438
panic(ffffffff8345238f) at panic+0x1e5 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:198
__assert(ffffffff8349046e,ffffffff833f0b84,6e4,ffffffff834711f4) at __assert+0x29 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:-1
uvm_fault_unwire_locked(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000002000) at uvm_fault_unwire_locked+0x414 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1761
uvm_fault_wire(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000010000,3) at uvm_fault_wire+0x12d uvm_fault_unwire sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1724 [inline]
uvm_fault_wire(fffffd806c77a200,200000000000,200000010000,3) at uvm_fault_wire+0x12d sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1706
uvm_vslock_device(ffff8000fffe6a80,200000000000,10000,3,ffff80003c41d7b8) at uvm_vslock_device+0x112 sys/uvm/uvm_glue.c:169
physio(ffffffff82df90b0,d02,8000,ffffffff82df9900,ffff80003c41da98) at physio+0x257 sys/kern/kern_physio.c:139
spec_read(ffff80003c41d8f0) at spec_read+0x14b sys/kern/spec_vnops.c:215
VOP_READ(fffffd806c5f26c0,ffff80003c41da98,0,fffffd80097fd680) at VOP_READ+0x101 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:227
vn_read(fffffd806c512908,ffff80003c41da98,1) at vn_read+0x17b sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:375
dofilereadv(ffff8000fffe6a80,3,ffff80003c41da98,1,ffff80003c41db50) at dofilereadv+0x25a sys/kern/sys_generic.c:252
sys_pread(ffff8000fffe6a80,ffff80003c41dc00,ffff80003c41db50) at sys_pread+0xae sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:3337
syscall(ffff80003c41dc00) at syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c41dc00) at syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x86735f6c8a0, count: -14
ddb{1}> show registers
rdi                                0
rsi                              0x1
rbp               0xffff80003c41d4d0
rbx               0xffff8000299aee07
rdx                                0
rcx               0xffff8000fffe6a80
rax               0xffff8000299adff0
r8                 0x101010101010101
r9                0x8080808080808080
r10               0xa6158118bbc7a344
r11               0x27c8ab5548425ade
r12               0xffff8000299aec08
r13                                0
r14                                0
r15                              0x1
rip               0xffffffff81afdd35    db_enter+0x25
cs                               0x8
rflags                         0x246
rsp               0xffff80003c41d4c0
ss                              0x10
db_enter+0x25:  addq    $0x8,%rsp
ddb{1}> show proc
PROC (syz-executor) tid=335308 pid=78212 tcnt=4 stat=onproc
    flags process=0 proc=4000000<THREAD>
    runpri=36, usrpri=50, slppri=36, nice=20
    wchan=0x0, wmesg=, ps_single=0x0 scnt=0 ecnt=0
    forw=0xffffffffffffffff, list=0xffff8000fffe7ca8,0xffffffff83ac51c8
    process=0xffff80003c3c9830 user=0xffff80003c418000, vmspace=0xfffffd806c77a200
    estcpu=14, cpticks=2, pctcpu=0.0, user=0, sys=2, intr=0
ddb{1}> ps
   PID     TID   PPID    UID  S       FLAGS  WAIT          COMMAND
 12001   19785      0      0  2     0x14200                acct
 12701   68696  82378      0  2           0                syz-executor
 78212   75837  23388      0  7           0                syz-executor
 78212  244463  23388      0  2   0x4000000                syz-executor
 78212  194201  23388      0  2   0x4000000                syz-executor
*78212  335308  23388      0  7   0x4000000                syz-executor
 10121  462699  90256      0  2           0                syz-executor
 10121  345820  90256      0  3   0x4000000  biowait       syz-executor
 58458  236152  45296      0  2           0                syz-executor
 58458  254065  45296      0  2   0x4000000                syz-executor
 37892  294783   4556      0  2           0                syz-executor
 37892  425613   4556      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 86627  175776  19726      0  3        0x80  nanoslp       syz-executor
 86627  379377  19726      0  3   0x4000080  ttyout        syz-executor
 86627  237452  19726      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 42809  379168  55413      0  2           0                syz-executor
 42809  368414  55413      0  3   0x4000080  nanoslp       syz-executor
 42809  207837  55413      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 21648    6517   7269      0  2           0                syz-executor
 45296  452145  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
  7269  464866  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 55413    5826  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
  4556   50588  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 19726  181116  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 23388  323842  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 82378  276615  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 90256  175546  31702      0  3        0x82  nanoslp       syz-executor
 31702   12616  31582      0  3        0x82  kqread        syz-executor
 31582  384422      1      0  3    0x100082  nanoslp       ksh
 92290  407922      1      0  3  0x1000008a  kqread        sshd
 44108  287352  17064     74  3   0x1100092  bpf           pflogd
 17064   81572      1      0  3        0x80  sbwait        pflogd
 49400  455645  35889     73  3   0x1100090  kqread        syslogd
 35889    9791      1      0  3    0x100082  sbwait        syslogd
  8581   58202      1      0  3    0x100080  kqread        resolvd
 95588  364243  74347     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
 22733  120823  74347     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
 74347  402770      1      0  3        0x80  kqread        dhcpleased
  7122  170471      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         smr
 70621  199962      0      0  2     0x14200                zerothread
 46714  323949      0      0  3     0x14200  aiodoned      aiodoned
 28208  273869      0      0  3     0x14200  syncer        update
 18239  320470      0      0  3     0x14200  cleaner       cleaner
  1746   34157      0      0  3     0x14200  reaper        reaper
 64281  183978      0      0  3     0x14200  pgdaemon      pagedaemon
 56161  473061      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         viomb
  6412  391898      0      0  3  0x40014200  acpi0         acpi0
 48083  509975      0      0  3  0x40014200                idle1
 46669  365902      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         softnet1
  3169  344327      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         softnet0
 72015  415142      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systqmp
 68746  139980      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systq
 43825  281901      0      0  3     0x14200  tmoslp        softclockmp
  5605  360774      0      0  3  0x40014200  tmoslp        softclock
 77806  514536      0      0  3  0x40014200                idle0
     1    9807      0      0  3        0x82  wait          init
     0       0     -1      0  3     0x10200  scheduler     swapper
ddb{1}> show all locks
Process 78212 (syz-executor) thread 0xffff8000fffe6a80 (335308)
exclusive rwlock amaplk r = 0 (0xfffffd806d6280a8)
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 stacktrace_save sys/sys/stacktrace.h:37 [inline]
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 sys/kern/subr_witness.c:1160
#1  rw_do_enter_write+0x419 sys/kern/kern_rwlock.c:320
#2  uvm_map_lock_entry+0x51 sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:464
#3  uvm_fault_unwire_locked+0x26d sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1776
#4  uvm_fault_wire+0x12d uvm_fault_unwire sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1724 [inline]
#4  uvm_fault_wire+0x12d sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1706
#5  uvm_vslock_device+0x112 sys/uvm/uvm_glue.c:169
#6  physio+0x257 sys/kern/kern_physio.c:139
#7  spec_read+0x14b sys/kern/spec_vnops.c:215
#8  VOP_READ+0x101 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:227
#9  vn_read+0x17b sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:375
#10 dofilereadv+0x25a sys/kern/sys_generic.c:252
#11 sys_pread+0xae sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:3337
#12 syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
#12 syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
#13 Xsyscall+0x128
shared rwlock vmmaplk r = 0 (0xfffffd806c77a300)
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 stacktrace_save sys/sys/stacktrace.h:37 [inline]
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 sys/kern/subr_witness.c:1160
#1  rw_do_enter_read+0x3e8 sys/kern/kern_rwlock.c:413
#2  uvm_fault_wire+0x116 uvm_fault_unwire sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1723 [inline]
#2  uvm_fault_wire+0x116 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1706
#3  uvm_vslock_device+0x112 sys/uvm/uvm_glue.c:169
#4  physio+0x257 sys/kern/kern_physio.c:139
#5  spec_read+0x14b sys/kern/spec_vnops.c:215
#6  VOP_READ+0x101 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:227
#7  vn_read+0x17b sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:375
#8  dofilereadv+0x25a sys/kern/sys_generic.c:252
#9  sys_pread+0xae sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:3337
#10 syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
#10 syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
#11 Xsyscall+0x128
exclusive kernel_lock &kernel_lock r = 0 (0xffffffff83a76e80)
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 stacktrace_save sys/sys/stacktrace.h:37 [inline]
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 sys/kern/subr_witness.c:1160
#1  __mp_acquire_count+0x58 sys/kern/kern_lock.c:-1
#2  sleep_finish+0x2d8 sys/kern/kern_synch.c:369
#3  rw_do_enter_read+0x309 sys/kern/kern_rwlock.c:-1
#4  uvmfault_lookup+0x122 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1880
#5  uvm_fault_check+0x4f sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:693
#6  uvm_fault+0x106 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:627
#7  uvm_fault_wire+0x73 sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c:1703
#8  uvm_vslock_device+0x112 sys/uvm/uvm_glue.c:169
#9  physio+0x257 sys/kern/kern_physio.c:139
#10 spec_read+0x14b sys/kern/spec_vnops.c:215
#11 VOP_READ+0x101 sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:227
#12 vn_read+0x17b sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:375
#13 dofilereadv+0x25a sys/kern/sys_generic.c:252
#14 sys_pread+0xae sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c:3337
#15 syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
#15 syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
#16 Xsyscall+0x128
Process 10121 (syz-executor) thread 0xffff80003c40aa88 (345820)
exclusive rrwlock inode r = 0 (0xfffffd806c1db440)
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 stacktrace_save sys/sys/stacktrace.h:37 [inline]
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 sys/kern/subr_witness.c:1160
#1  rw_do_enter_write+0x419 sys/kern/kern_rwlock.c:320
#2  rrw_enter+0xc6 sys/kern/kern_rwlock.c:621
#3  VOP_LOCK+0xbd sys/kern/vfs_vops.c:527
#4  vn_lock+0xa4 sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:576
#5  vn_write+0x18f sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c:411
#6  dofilewritev+0x2bd sys/kern/sys_generic.c:384
#7  sys_write+0xa2 sys/kern/sys_generic.c:300
#8  syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
#8  syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:783
#9  Xsyscall+0x128
ddb{1}> show malloc
           Type InUse  MemUse  HighUse   Limit  Requests Type Lim
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       ioctlops     0      0K       4K 166960K      1564        0
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          mount     1      1K       1K 166960K         1        0
            log     0      0K       0K 166960K         4        0
         vnodes  1290     81K      82K 166960K      1475        0
      UFS quota     1     32K      32K 166960K         1        0
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ddb{1}> 

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/08 15:25 openbsd d1081477e0e5 340bcdf0 .config console log report [disk image] [bsd.gdb] [kernel image] ci-openbsd-multicore assert "next != NULL && next->start <= entry->end" failed in uvm_fault.c
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.