VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/18 09:53
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+8f448a401cc209730b34@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1307d, last: 46m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/09/15 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 09045dae0d90 C [report] VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2023/09/15 upstream (ToT) 9fdfb15a3dbf C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-54 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) 2 syz, C 4 1272d 1328d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/20 15:35
upstream VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) (2) btrfs 2 syz, C error 277 410d 522d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57
android-5-15 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) origin:downstream 2 syz, C error done 2 1226d 1328d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/15 20:27
android-5-10 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) 2 syz, C done inconclusive 1 1328d 1328d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/25 23:02
linux-6.6 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) origin:upstream missing-backport 2 syz, C inconclusive 2015 1h47m 443d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/29 23:52
upstream VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) (3) fs 2 syz, C error 85 350d 380d 29/29 fixed on 2025/11/18 08:45
upstream VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) (4) prio:high jfs 2 syz, C error 5749 3h34m 294d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/25 14:06
upstream VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) fs 2 syz, C error 55684 528d 1359d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/06 15:33
linux-5.15 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free) missing-backport origin:lts-only 2 syz, C done 4805 1h35m 1306d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/19 11:46
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/10/08 00:57 7h55m fix candidate upstream OK (3) job log

Sample crash report:
tblock:ffffc900026bad80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
tblock:ffffc900026bad90: 8ac63380 ffffffff 00000200 00000000
tblock:ffffc900026bada0: 026bada0 ffffc900 026bada0 ffffc900
tblock:ffffc900026badb0: 6edb1ff0 ffff8880 00000000 00000000
VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of loop3 (jfs)
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kernel BUG at fs/super.c:505!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 4411 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:generic_shutdown_super+0x334/0x340 fs/super.c:503
Code: e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 35 65 f1 ff 49 8b 16 48 81 c3 a8 06 00 00 48 c7 c7 60 57 99 8a 48 89 de e8 3c fc 43 08 <0f> 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 41 57 41 56 53 48 89 fb 49
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003237d28 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000000002d RBX: ffff88805d0b66a8 RCX: 6db0ba0235659700
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 1ffff1100ba16cfb R08: ffffc90003237a27 R09: 1ffff92000646f44
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000646f45 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffffff8cf25b00 R15: ffff88805d0b67d8
FS:  000055555a664500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f39b40a5000 CR3: 000000002ffc3000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kill_block_super+0x7c/0xe0 fs/super.c:1481
 deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:332
 cleanup_mnt+0x471/0x4f0 fs/namespace.c:1191
 task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7148d9f397
Code: a2 c7 05 5c 43 25 00 00 00 00 00 eb 96 e8 e1 12 00 00 90 31 f6 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 01 c3 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8
RSP: 002b:00007fff1c496198 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000064 RCX: 00007f7148d9f397
RDX: 0000000000000200 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fff1c497340
RBP: 00007f7148e34474 R08: 0000000000020590 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007fff1c497340
R13: 00007f7148e34474 R14: 000055555a6644e8 R15: 00007fff1c498410
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:generic_shutdown_super+0x334/0x340 fs/super.c:503
Code: e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 35 65 f1 ff 49 8b 16 48 81 c3 a8 06 00 00 48 c7 c7 60 57 99 8a 48 89 de e8 3c fc 43 08 <0f> 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 41 57 41 56 53 48 89 fb 49
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003237d28 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000000002d RBX: ffff88805d0b66a8 RCX: 6db0ba0235659700
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 1ffff1100ba16cfb R08: ffffc90003237a27 R09: 1ffff92000646f44
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000646f45 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffffff8cf25b00 R15: ffff88805d0b67d8
FS:  000055555a664500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f373d153000 CR3: 000000002ffc3000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (7818):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/08 02:45 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 680aa3e1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2024/12/13 04:09 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 530e80f8 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2024/12/13 01:31 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 530e80f8 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2024/12/03 14:56 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 578925bc .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2023/09/14 20:40 linux-6.1.y 09045dae0d90 0b6a67ac .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/08/29 23:34 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/08/16 04:40 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/08/05 12:55 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 52aa2820 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/04/26 20:25 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/01/16 15:53 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2025/10/08 12:20 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2025/06/26 04:53 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 26d77996 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2024/11/02 04:44 linux-6.1.y 7c15117f9468 f00eed24 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2024/11/02 04:10 linux-6.1.y 7c15117f9468 f00eed24 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2023/07/09 21:29 linux-6.1.y 61fd484b2cf6 668cb1fa .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2025/03/12 17:43 linux-6.1.y 6ae7ac5c4251 ee70e6db .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 13:36 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 00:11 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 00:09 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 09:18 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 01:00 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 15:40 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 12:31 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 12:31 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 07:26 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 23:35 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 22:17 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 19:09 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 17:32 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 16:03 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 12:17 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 12:04 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 10:41 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 08:45 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 05:28 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 03:58 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 02:13 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/15 02:12 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 15:52 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 12:09 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 11:10 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 09:54 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 07:40 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 03:25 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/14 01:21 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 23:03 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 21:03 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 18:38 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 11:32 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 10:19 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 06:31 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 04:02 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/13 03:41 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 19:48 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 18:48 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 17:26 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 17:25 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 10:44 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 09:40 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 07:32 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 06:24 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 04:55 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 04:23 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2026/10/12 01:33 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
2023/03/18 09:53 linux-6.1.y 7eaef76fbc46 7939252e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan VFS: Busy inodes after unmount (use-after-free)
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.