BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/26 17:06
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+be6bbcdae3e70335dfa2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 225d, last: 8d18h
✨ AI Jobs (8)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
5b3bd600 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/08/26 17:15 2026/08/26 19:20 2026/08/26 22:04 a2b77b9e
0948e9d0 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/08/05 00:06 2026/08/05 00:06 2026/08/05 00:06 d4abbeac
5e05c085 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/07/05 08:48 2026/07/05 08:48 2026/07/05 08:48 93f57954
24622f34 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/06/18 08:23 2026/06/18 08:23 2026/06/18 08:23 b62b3ded
6c50a1c7 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/06/10 04:02 2026/06/10 04:02 2026/06/10 04:02 c36c07f6
3f8f1302 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/06/04 07:21 2026/06/04 07:21 2026/06/04 07:21 62fe1528
b705192e assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/06/02 04:13 2026/06/02 04:13 2026/06/02 04:13 386cc6da
38ccc1c2 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 2026/05/21 20:26 2026/05/21 20:26 2026/05/21 20:26 d5742584
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[syzbot] [kernel?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject (2) 0 (1) 2026/08/26 17:06
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject kernel 8 3 338d 434d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/02 10:01
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in netdev_unregister_kobject 19 5 543d 652d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/11 15:03
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in netdev_unregister_kobject pm 19 syz, C error 6281 627d 858d 28/29 fixed on 2024/12/16 09:50
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in netdev_unregister_kobject pm 19 1 528d 528d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/04/18 16:40
upstream BUG: corrupted list in netdev_unregister_kobject kernel 8 1 1439d 1439d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/12/30 17:18
Last patch testing requests (6)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/27 07:33 25m nogikh@google.com git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c report job log log
2026/07/13 14:51 2h23m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci no crash log
2026/06/03 10:55 3h00m edumazet@google.com patch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci error
2026/04/23 06:23 49m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci error
2026/04/23 06:08 33m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci error
2026/02/12 05:15 27m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci error

Sample crash report:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff80000000000b
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000058-0x000000000000005f]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000005
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0
[dfff80000000000b] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1]  SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 8158 Comm: kbnepd bnep0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : klist_put+0x50/0x11c lib/klist.c:212
lr : klist_put+0x2c/0x11c lib/klist.c:210
sp : ffff8000939e7800
x29: ffff8000939e7800 x28: 1fffe0001a7819c2 x27: ffff0000d3c0c008
x26: 1fffe0001a781805 x25: dfff800000000000 x24: 1fffe0001e9b428c
x23: dfff800000000000 x22: ffff0000d3c0c800 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff0000f4da1460 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: ffff800084d7fe14 x16: ffff8000824e8a44 x15: ffff80008251a5d0
x14: ffff800080f08a9c x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff60001e5d5ab5 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 000000000000000b x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff800080b95428
x5 : ffff0000c9f78710 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : ffff800080ef89ec
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : ffff0000cfd33a80 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 klist_put+0x50/0x11c lib/klist.c:212 (P)
 klist_del+0x24/0x34 lib/klist.c:230
 device_del+0x188/0x71c drivers/base/core.c:3938
 netdev_unregister_kobject+0x2a8/0x39c net/core/net-sysfs.c:2308
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x123c/0x1760 net/core/dev.c:12481
 unregister_netdevice_many net/core/dev.c:12509 [inline]
 unregister_netdevice_queue+0x274/0x30c net/core/dev.c:12320
 unregister_netdevice include/linux/netdevice.h:3474 [inline]
 unregister_netdev+0x2c/0x70 net/core/dev.c:12527
 bnep_session+0x21b8/0x239c net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c:544
 kthread+0x304/0x3d4 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:838
Code: f9400268 927ff914 91016288 d343fd08 (38776908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	f9400268 	ldr	x8, [x19]
   4:	927ff914 	and	x20, x8, #0xfffffffffffffffe
   8:	91016288 	add	x8, x20, #0x58
   c:	d343fd08 	lsr	x8, x8, #3
* 10:	38776908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x23] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (19):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/20 09:30 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/08/03 03:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/07/31 04:44 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 365f9c7a6b81 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/07/25 06:20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci b66b0005b6ce 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/07/14 15:43 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci a13c140cc289 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/28 23:50 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 92e3f6ef4ffb fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/15 23:21 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c2a9495bd873 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/13 10:16 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 596d152bc5e3 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/11 21:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 596d152bc5e3 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/07 07:11 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ffe7bef3786c cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/04 04:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ec7ef10b77a6 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/06/02 10:18 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 4b4362973b6f 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/05/25 15:01 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 4b4362973b6f c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/05/20 19:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 4b4362973b6f 62fb93a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/05/17 21:49 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/05/16 07:43 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/01/28 23:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/01/20 02:37 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 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
2026/01/15 15:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 59e4d31a0470 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in netdev_unregister_kobject
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.