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kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/22 03:30
Bug presence: origin:lts
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Reported-by: syzbot+bd36204ef9201acb1b1e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d06h, last: 1d05h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/02/22 lts (merge base) e45d5d41c134 C [report] kernel BUG in ext4_ext_insert_extent
2026/02/22 upstream (ToT) fa5c82f4d2bb C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent ext4 -1 C inconclusive 6 1118d 1477d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:50
android-54 kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent ext4 -1 C 16 584d 1274d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/26 14:37
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent (4) ext4 -1 syz error 1 18d 14d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/02/09 02:08
android-5-10 kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent -1 C error 1 1274d 1274d 0/2 closed as invalid on 2022/09/13 19:49
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent (3) ext4 -1 C 4 158d 171d 29/29 fixed on 2025/11/18 08:45
android-5-10 kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent (2) -1 C done 3 86d 129d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/16 22:01
upstream kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent (2) ext4 -1 1 395d 391d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/03 18:51

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents_status.c:968!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 45 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: ext4-rsv-conversion ext4_end_io_rsv_work
RIP: 0010:ext4_es_cache_extent+0x57b/0x5d0 fs/ext4/extents_status.c:968
Code: e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 0e 51 d2 ff 48 8b 3b 48 8b 74 24 28 48 8d 54 24 60 e8 8c da 0c 00 eb 13 e8 85 22 93 ff <0f> 0b e8 7e 22 93 ff eb 28 e8 77 22 93 ff 31 f6 65 ff 0d f6 c2 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900002ef4c0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81d6aa7b RBX: 0000000000000010 RCX: ffff8881055f62c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: 000000000000000e
RBP: ffffc900002ef5e0 R08: ffffc900002ef537 R09: ffffc900002ef520
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200005dea7 R12: ffff88811110c3c8
R13: 47ffffffffffffff R14: 000000000000000e R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000016000 CR3: 000000010d56e000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_cache_extents fs/ext4/extents.c:517 [inline]
 ext4_find_extent+0x508/0xe20 fs/ext4/extents.c:918
 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x207/0x61e0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4166
 ext4_map_blocks+0x988/0x1b30 fs/ext4/inode.c:674
 ext4_convert_unwritten_extents+0x2b7/0x5f0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4869
 ext4_convert_unwritten_io_end_vec+0x103/0x180 fs/ext4/extents.c:4908
 ext4_end_io_end fs/ext4/page-io.c:186 [inline]
 ext4_do_flush_completed_IO fs/ext4/page-io.c:259 [inline]
 ext4_end_io_rsv_work+0x2c1/0x610 fs/ext4/page-io.c:273
 process_one_work+0x6be/0xba0 kernel/workqueue.c:2325
 worker_thread+0xa59/0x1200 kernel/workqueue.c:2472
 kthread+0x411/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:337
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
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RIP: 0010:ext4_es_cache_extent+0x57b/0x5d0 fs/ext4/extents_status.c:968
Code: e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 0e 51 d2 ff 48 8b 3b 48 8b 74 24 28 48 8d 54 24 60 e8 8c da 0c 00 eb 13 e8 85 22 93 ff <0f> 0b e8 7e 22 93 ff eb 28 e8 77 22 93 ff 31 f6 65 ff 0d f6 c2 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900002ef4c0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81d6aa7b RBX: 0000000000000010 RCX: ffff8881055f62c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: 000000000000000e
RBP: ffffc900002ef5e0 R08: ffffc900002ef537 R09: ffffc900002ef520
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200005dea7 R12: ffff88811110c3c8
R13: 47ffffffffffffff R14: 000000000000000e R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000016000 CR3: 000000011f5d2000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/22 03:27 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent
2026/02/22 02:23 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in ext4_es_cache_extent
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.