BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/08/26 06:48
Subsystems: block
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+8bdfb257fc4cb0c52254@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d18h, last: 20h23m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
f43efdfb assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ✅ BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert 2026/08/25 00:38 2026/08/25 00:38 2026/08/25 01:22 23caa175
cb660c25 assessment-security 💥 BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert 2026/08/24 00:01 2026/08/24 00:01 2026/08/24 01:58 1e72964b

Sample crash report:
 non-slab/vmalloc memory
list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff0000c8622840), but was ffff0000c88f8e48. (prev=ffff0000c88f8e48).
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kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:34!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1]  SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/1:0H Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
Workqueue: kblockd blk_mq_requeue_work
pstate: 63400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __list_add_valid_or_report+0x144/0x148 lib/list_debug.c:32
lr : __list_add_valid_or_report+0x144/0x148 lib/list_debug.c:32
sp : ffff80008ed779f0
x29: ffff80008ed779f0 x28: ffff80008ed77aa8 x27: ffff80008ed77aa0
x26: 1fffe000190c4509 x25: ffff0000c8622840 x24: ffff0000c8622848
x23: 1fffe0001911f1c9 x22: dfff800000000000 x21: ffff0000c88f8e48
x20: ffff0000c88f8e48 x19: ffff0000c8622840 x18: 00000000ffffffff
x17: 3034383232363863 x16: 3030303066666666 x15: 28207478656e2065
x14: 6220646c756f6873 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000002 x9 : 3a3c5ccdd9ff6b00
x8 : 3a3c5ccdd9ff6b00 x7 : ffff80008048c60c x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff80008049731c
x2 : 0000000100000001 x1 : ffff0000c1b2ba80 x0 : 0000000000000075
Call trace:
 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x144/0x148 lib/list_debug.c:32 (P)
 __list_add_valid include/linux/list.h:96 [inline]
 __list_add include/linux/list.h:158 [inline]
 list_add_tail include/linux/list.h:191 [inline]
 blk_mq_request_bypass_insert+0x130/0x1cc block/blk-mq.c:2551
 blk_mq_requeue_work+0x3a4/0x52c block/blk-mq.c:1560
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x788/0x10b8 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 worker_thread+0x798/0xbd0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x304/0x3d4 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:838
Code: 91270000 aa1303e1 aa1403e3 979c2c73 (d4210000) 
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Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/27 04:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 68f892e99df9 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert
2026/08/27 02:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 68f892e99df9 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert
2026/08/26 00:11 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 68f892e99df9 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert
2026/08/22 06:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: corrupted list in blk_mq_request_bypass_insert
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.