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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: 561d, last: 7m
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 775d 775d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/07 09:21
upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init wireless -1 2 1057d 1095d 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 752d 924d 25/29 fixed on 2024/01/20 21:18

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5998 at net/mac80211/rate.c:53 rate_control_rate_init+0x5c0/0x720 net/mac80211/rate.c:53
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5998 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:rate_control_rate_init+0x5c0/0x720 net/mac80211/rate.c:53
Code: 48 8d 35 00 00 00 00 e8 5e 1a c2 f6 e8 19 45 cc f6 e9 25 fe ff ff e8 6f 40 e6 f6 90 0f 0b 90 e9 17 fe ff ff e8 61 40 e6 f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb b1 e8 56 40 e6 f6 e8 71 10 cb f6 31 ff 89 c3 89 c6 e8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003197208 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888066f60000 RCX: ffffffff8ad6a6a9
RDX: ffff888031a54900 RSI: ffffffff8ad6a86f RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888028c20720
R13: ffff88807c880e80 R14: ffff88807c8cc000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000555585cb8500(0000) GS:ffff888124b08000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001080 CR3: 0000000069098000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rate_control_rate_init_all_links+0x76/0x1e0 net/mac80211/rate.c:86
 sta_apply_auth_flags.constprop.0+0x4bb/0x510 net/mac80211/cfg.c:1945
 sta_apply_parameters+0xca8/0x1930 net/mac80211/cfg.c:2323
 ieee80211_add_station+0x3fa/0x6c0 net/mac80211/cfg.c:2389
 rdev_add_station net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:201 [inline]
 nl80211_new_station+0x1502/0x1c90 net/wireless/nl80211.c:8776
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x209/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x55c/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 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+0x5aa/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8c8/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0xa98/0xc70 net/socket.c:2630
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2684
 __sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2716
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f19a4b8f6c9
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:00007fffa532acb8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f19a4de5fa0 RCX: 00007f19a4b8f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000001080 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f19a4c11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f19a4de5fa0 R14: 00007f19a4de5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (23824):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/12 13:49 upstream 24172e0d7990 4e1406b4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
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
2025/12/13 03:07 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/11/30 02:10 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-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
2026/01/11 10:51 upstream 0fa27899e014 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/08 08:21 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/12/29 12:17 upstream 7839932417dd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/12/24 16:18 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/12/22 04:36 upstream 765b233a9b94 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 03:55 upstream 372800cb95a3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 21:03 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 19:42 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 19:16 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 18:15 upstream 755bc1335e3b d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 16:32 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 15:02 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 14:01 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 11:56 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 07:19 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 06:08 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 05:05 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 03:57 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 02:55 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 21:11 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 19:47 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 19:40 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 18:28 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 17:23 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 16:18 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 14:45 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 13:41 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 13:24 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 10:16 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 09:08 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 08:07 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 08:06 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 06:48 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 05:23 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 04:12 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 02:13 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 00:37 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 23:14 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 22:04 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 20:23 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 19:17 upstream 623fb9912f6a d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 18:13 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 16:51 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 16:00 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 15:00 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 12:27 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2025/12/30 23:21 upstream dbf8fe85a16a d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 22:19 net cac2c363c41c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/09 13:44 net 56d0aea041f2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 02:37 net-next fc65403d55c3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-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
2026/01/11 12:57 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 09:36 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 01:14 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 23:32 linux-next f417b7ffcbef d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/11 08:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in rate_control_rate_init
2026/01/10 12:04 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 d6526ea3 .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.