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kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/29 04:21
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+c182c9e254661a04d0ba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 198d, last: 9d16h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/31 linux-6.6.y (ToT) dbcb8d8e4163 C [report] kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2025/07/31 upstream (ToT) 63eb28bb1402 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark ntfs3 -1 C error done 22993 185d 1202d 29/29 fixed on 2025/11/17 09:14
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark missing-backport origin:upstream -1 C done 608 39d 574d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/18 09:21
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C done 2310 14h40m 928d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/30 07:52
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/13 23:38 1h44m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c:136!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 1230 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn
RIP: 0010:dnotify_free_mark+0x57/0x60 fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c:136
Code: 4c 89 f7 e8 7b 9f de ff 49 83 3e 00 75 17 e8 80 31 87 ff 48 8b 3d 51 f3 4b 0c 48 89 de 5b 41 5e e9 ae ce dd ff e8 69 31 87 ff <0f> 0b cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 55 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004aafae8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81fe5f57 RBX: ffff888024258000 RCX: ffff8880243e9e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffff888024258000
RBP: ffffc90004aafbb0 R08: ffffffff90d945bf R09: 1ffffffff21b28b7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b28b8 R12: 1ffff1100484b002
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888024258080 R15: ffffffff8ab875c8
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000c0038f1000 CR3: 000000007c352000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 fsnotify_final_mark_destroy fs/notify/mark.c:304 [inline]
 fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn+0x253/0x2e0 fs/notify/mark.c:928
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:dnotify_free_mark+0x57/0x60 fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c:136
Code: 4c 89 f7 e8 7b 9f de ff 49 83 3e 00 75 17 e8 80 31 87 ff 48 8b 3d 51 f3 4b 0c 48 89 de 5b 41 5e e9 ae ce dd ff e8 69 31 87 ff <0f> 0b cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 55 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004aafae8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81fe5f57 RBX: ffff888024258000 RCX: ffff8880243e9e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffff888024258000
RBP: ffffc90004aafbb0 R08: ffffffff90d945bf R09: 1ffffffff21b28b7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b28b8 R12: 1ffff1100484b002
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888024258080 R15: ffffffff8ab875c8
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fd33446d000 CR3: 000000007c355000 CR4: 00000000003506e0

Crashes (137):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/05 16:03 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2025/07/29 19:14 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 c4a95487 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/02/03 00:10 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/02/02 11:59 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/02/01 03:18 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/31 15:25 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/31 02:58 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/30 14:37 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/30 14:37 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/30 02:04 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/29 14:35 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/29 02:36 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/28 14:07 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/28 14:07 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/28 02:22 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/27 17:46 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/27 02:29 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/26 14:11 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/26 00:29 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/24 14:05 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/24 02:21 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/23 15:00 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/23 05:13 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/22 22:16 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/22 08:55 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/21 21:14 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/21 09:18 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 14:57 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 14:56 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 14:55 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 02:16 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 02:15 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 02:15 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 02:15 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/20 02:13 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/19 13:56 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/19 13:56 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/19 13:55 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/19 13:55 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 22:08 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 22:08 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 22:07 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 02:50 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 02:45 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 02:45 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/17 02:43 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/11 21:07 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/11 21:07 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2026/01/11 21:06 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
2025/07/29 04:20 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 6654ea9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan kernel BUG in dnotify_free_mark
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.