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WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/08 17:41
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+acfcc9f1bf6b4476e815@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d06h, last: 8d01h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/06/09 upstream (ToT) 19272b37aa4f C [report] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create ext4 C inconclusive 172 9h55m 384d 0/28 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/28 15:21

Sample crash report:
EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea:2818: Unable to expand inode 15. Delete some EAs or run e2fsck.
EXT4-fs (loop0): 1 truncate cleaned up
EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem without journal. Quota mode: none.
EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_create:1437: refuse to create EA inode when umounting
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4250 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1438 ext4_xattr_inode_create fs/ext4/xattr.c:1436 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4250 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1438 ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create+0xbb7/0x1d10 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1556
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4250 Comm: syz-executor262 Not tainted 6.1.141-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_create fs/ext4/xattr.c:1438 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create+0xbb7/0x1d10 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1556
Code: 4c 8b 7c 24 20 e9 5d 04 00 00 e8 04 6d 4c ff 48 89 df 48 c7 c6 9a 4e 1d 8c ba 9d 05 00 00 48 c7 c1 00 c0 80 8a e8 09 49 fc ff <0f> 0b 49 c7 c6 ea ff ff ff 48 8b 5c 24 18 43 80 3c 2c 00 74 08 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003ba7280 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 257bf5bdd1650900 RBX: ffff88801fa7c000 RCX: 257bf5bdd1650900
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90003ba7450 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffff52000774dc9
R10: fffff52000774dc9 R11: 1ffff92000774dc8 R12: 1ffff1100e759e26
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888073acf108
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fdebc395130 CR3: 000000000c68e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x23a/0x32a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1876
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2625 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2700 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x109b/0x19b0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2792
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x301/0x3e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5965
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6008 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x47f/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:6086
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xbf/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6118
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x322/0xf40 fs/fs-writeback.c:2433
 mark_inode_dirty_sync include/linux/fs.h:2551 [inline]
 iput+0x1e1/0x980 fs/inode.c:1857
 __dentry_kill+0x431/0x650 fs/dcache.c:611
 shrink_dentry_list+0x39b/0x6a0 fs/dcache.c:1206
 shrink_dcache_parent+0xa8/0x3c0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 do_one_tree+0x23/0xe0 fs/dcache.c:1687
 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x65/0x110 fs/dcache.c:1704
 generic_shutdown_super+0x63/0x340 fs/super.c:473
 kill_block_super+0x7c/0xe0 fs/super.c:1470
 deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:332
 cleanup_mnt+0x463/0x4f0 fs/namespace.c:1182
 task_work_run+0x1ca/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:203
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
 do_exit+0x936/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:871
 do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1021
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1032 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1030 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1030
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fdebc31af09
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fdebc31aedf.
RSP: 002b:00007ffd78d8e5e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007fdebc31af09
RDX: 000000000000003c RSI: 00000000000000e7 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007fdebc397370 R08: ffffffffffffffb8 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fdebc397370
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fdebc3980e0 R15: 00007fdebc2e91d0
 </TASK>

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/08 22:32 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 21:30 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 20:41 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 19:32 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 18:53 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 17:53 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 17:52 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 17:50 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 17:41 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
2025/06/08 17:40 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.