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WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/23 13:22
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+b000b7d21f93fc69de32@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 954d, last: 1d00h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 8e6ed96cdd5001c55fccc80a17f651741c1ca7d2
Author: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date: Fri Jan 6 04:06:25 2023 +0000

  KVM: x86: fire timer when it is migrated and expired, and in oneshot mode

[report pending]
  
Fix bisection: the issue occurs on the latest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
▶ ▼ Discussions (1)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
Re: [v5.15] WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run 3 (3) 2023/08/28 15:23
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/18 linux-6.1.y (ToT) fa74641fb6b9 C [report] WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/05/18 upstream (ToT) 4d6d4c7f541d C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (5) kvm-x86 -1 C error 343 785d 873d 23/29 fixed on 2023/10/12 12:47
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (4) kvm-x86 -1 C error 288 878d 961d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (2) kvm-x86 -1 C 61018 2833d 2922d 4/29 fixed on 2018/03/13 09:44
linux-6.6 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:upstream -1 C done 2 49d 49d 2/2 fixed on 2025/10/19 16:15
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (6) kvm-x86 -1 C 117 26d 107d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C 20284 2959d 3024d 3/29 fixed on 2017/09/26 01:38
linux-4.14 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C inconclusive 71 1144d 2321d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/06/25 23:07
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (3) kvm-x86 -1 C done error 16157 982d 2775d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:50
linux-4.19 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C error 116 1054d 2329d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/06/17 10:07
linux-5.15 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 1199 21h55m 938d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/09 03:02
android-6-12 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:upstream -1 C 51 6d14h 108d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2025/07/17 01:43
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/01/23 15:07 3h52m (2) fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2023/04/29 07:09 43m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for details.
faulting far call emulation tainted memory
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4425 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11290 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1c59/0x2390 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11290
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4425 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1c59/0x2390 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11290
Code: 45 85 e4 7e 50 e8 b7 09 71 00 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 9f f1 ff ff e8 a3 09 71 00 0f 0b e9 5d f1 ff ff e8 97 09 71 00 <0f> 0b e9 87 f1 ff ff e8 8b 09 71 00 e9 4a e6 ff ff e8 81 09 71 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034e7c48 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff810fc6f9 RBX: ffff8880794b8000 RCX: ffff88802dab0000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88805daba000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff215c468
R10: fffffbfff215c468 R11: 1ffffffff215c467 R12: 1ffff1100f297129
R13: ffff8880794b80d8 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  000055555a22a500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000779cb000 CR4: 00000000003526e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x887/0xb80 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4122
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 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: 0033:0x7ff54638eba9
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:00007ffd8e51aef8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff5465d5fa0 RCX: 00007ff54638eba9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ae80 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007ff546411e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff5465d5fa0 R14: 00007ff5465d5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (752):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/15 20:12 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/08/23 01:06 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/07/15 16:44 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/04/03 00:03 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b c799dfdd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/12/23 03:08 linux-6.1.y 29f02ec58a94 b4fbdbd4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/05/02 13:33 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 3ba885bc .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/01/21 20:27 linux-6.1.y 8fd7f4462453 9bd8dcda .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/03/23 16:10 linux-6.1.y e3a87a10f259 f94b4a29 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/08/18 01:00 linux-6.1.y 6c44e13dc284 74b106b6 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/07/30 14:08 linux-6.1.y d2a6dc4eaf6d 92476829 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/06/04 12:06 linux-6.1.y d2869ace6eeb a4ae4f42 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/11/01 04:29 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/31 00:31 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/30 21:45 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/30 05:36 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/30 01:36 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/28 18:04 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/27 11:35 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/26 21:48 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/26 10:21 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/26 08:09 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/26 05:24 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/25 12:06 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/24 23:19 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/24 09:18 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/24 02:22 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/23 10:31 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/23 09:13 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/23 09:13 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/22 15:01 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/22 13:59 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/19 04:53 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/18 08:02 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/17 07:55 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/16 11:57 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/16 06:05 linux-6.1.y c2fda4b3f577 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/15 09:49 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/14 16:14 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/14 10:13 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/14 06:36 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/13 22:27 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/13 10:13 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/09 09:53 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/09 08:47 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/09 04:04 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/07 20:48 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/07 08:47 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/07 08:46 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/06 20:18 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 91305dbe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/04 19:17 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/03 11:46 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/03 06:20 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/03 04:44 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/01 08:51 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/10/01 01:20 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/09/30 00:56 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/09/28 13:40 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/09/28 11:01 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/09/26 09:01 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/03/23 13:22 linux-6.1.y e3a87a10f259 f94b4a29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.