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WARNING in rate_control_rate_init (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/03 09:56
Subsystems: wireless
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Reported-by: syzbot+9bdc0c5998ab45b05030@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 500d, last: 43m
Cause bisection: introduced by (bisect log) :
commit 03ecd745dde181f537bf84374caafb121463136b
Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date: Wed Jun 5 10:57:18 2024 +0000

  wifi: mac80211: fix erroneous errors for STA changes

Crash: WARNING in rate_control_rate_init (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
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[syzbot] [wireless?] WARNING in rate_control_rate_init (3) 0 (3) 2024/07/05 09:02
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init -1 1 714d 714d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/07 09:21
upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init wireless -1 2 996d 1034d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/18 23:31
upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init (2) wireless -1 C done 9 691d 863d 25/29 fixed on 2024/01/20 21:18

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6010 at net/mac80211/rate.c:53 rate_control_rate_init+0x64a/0x6e0 net/mac80211/rate.c:53
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6010 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:rate_control_rate_init+0x64a/0x6e0 net/mac80211/rate.c:53
Code: 82 01 00 00 20 48 83 c4 20 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 08 15 8c 00 cc e8 32 e4 02 f7 90 0f 0b 90 eb e1 e8 27 e4 02 f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 48 83 c4 20 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 90 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003e1ef60 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8abd1fa9 RBX: ffff88802e7d0000 RCX: ffff88802edb3c80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff8abd1ac3
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1005cfa031 R12: 1ffff11005cfa00a
R13: ffff8880309c8e80 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffffff8abd1ac3
FS:  00005555640c2500(0000) GS:ffff88812613b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001080 CR3: 0000000071c18000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rate_control_rate_init_all_links+0x109/0x1a0 net/mac80211/rate.c:86
 sta_apply_auth_flags+0x1c2/0x400 net/mac80211/cfg.c:1945
 sta_apply_parameters+0xe27/0x1570 net/mac80211/cfg.c:2323
 ieee80211_add_station+0x424/0x6a0 net/mac80211/cfg.c:2389
 rdev_add_station+0x108/0x290 net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:201
 nl80211_new_station+0x1755/0x1b70 net/wireless/nl80211.c:8776
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x215/0x300 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x60e/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x82f/0x9e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2630
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2684
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2716 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2721 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2719 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2719
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f2e5418f6c9
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:00007fff3a1d8348 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2e543e5fa0 RCX: 00007f2e5418f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000001080 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f2e54211f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2e543e5fa0 R14: 00007f2e543e5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (19672):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/11 01:22 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/01/17 10:25 upstream ce69b4019001 f9e07a6e .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/11/11 15:56 upstream 2d5404caa8c7 97fe5517 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/11/11 14:56 upstream 2d5404caa8c7 97fe5517 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/10/05 06:39 upstream 6093a688a07d 49379ee0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/09/20 17:47 upstream cd89d487374c 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/09/20 17:20 upstream cd89d487374c 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/06/12 15:53 upstream 2c4a1f3fe03e 98683f8f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/03/04 13:32 upstream 99fa936e8e4f c3901742 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/09/15 09:53 upstream 0babf683783d 08d8a733 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/09/21 03:08 net b65678cacc03 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/11/07 11:34 net 1f26339b2ed6 df3dc63b .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 02:01 net-next a0c3aefb08cd 4e1406b4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/01/08 13:43 net-next a8a6531164e5 f3558dbf .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/07/04 20:46 net-next aa77b1128016 dc6bbff0 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/01/14 04:02 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 6251d1776bc5 b1f1cd88 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 03:35 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 10:10 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 07:30 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 07:29 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/07 10:57 upstream 4a0c9b339199 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 13:53 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 15:58 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 14:54 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 13:37 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 12:34 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 02:31 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 01:19 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 21:10 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 18:16 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 17:15 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 12:18 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 10:55 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 09:49 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 08:48 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 06:27 upstream e9a6fb0bcdd7 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 02:15 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 01:02 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 23:56 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 22:29 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 21:31 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 20:00 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 17:11 upstream 439fc29dfd3b 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 12:35 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 11:22 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 08:48 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 06:27 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 03:41 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 02:16 upstream 7bb4d6512545 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/08 09:12 upstream da32d155f4a8 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 08:21 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 04:19 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 18:59 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 05:26 net 1534ff77757e 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 03:14 net 1534ff77757e 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 00:05 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 22:27 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 14:15 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 07:43 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 18:50 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 18:15 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 15:46 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 05:24 net 96a9178a29a6 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/07/03 05:53 net-next ac26327635d6 1ecfa2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2024/06/29 09:46 net-next 748e3bbf4721 757f06b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 14:55 linux-next 9c0826a5d9aa 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 10:04 linux-next 9c0826a5d9aa 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/09 05:16 linux-next 9c0826a5d9aa 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 11:17 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e424ed997df8 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/11 10:13 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e424ed997df8 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/10 05:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e424ed997df8 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.