WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/10 00:12
Subsystems: btrfs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+c1b8c52e6c0142c5e448@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 32d, last: 3d07h
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d615a2d1 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode (3) 2026/08/09 09:11 2026/08/09 09:11 2026/08/09 09:58 5d63f80b
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[syzbot] Monthly btrfs report (Sep 2026) 0 (1) 2026/09/04 20:33
[syzbot] [btrfs?] WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode (3) 0 (1) 2026/08/10 00:12
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode (2) -1 1 377d 377d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/02 17:31
upstream WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode btrfs -1 syz, C 5 1115d 1399d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/26 02:10
linux-6.1 WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode -1 2 633d 645d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/22 10:24
linux-6.6 WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode -1 2 419d 420d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/21 20:33
upstream WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode (2) btrfs -1 4 428d 546d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/12 16:42

Sample crash report:
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btrfs_abort_should_print_stack(__error)
WARNING: fs/btrfs/inode.c:6763 at btrfs_create_new_inode+0x1ddc/0x1ee0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6763, CPU#0: syz.0.0/5325
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5325 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:btrfs_create_new_inode+0x1ddc/0x1ee0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6763
Code: 00 00 00 83 fb f4 0f 85 e8 00 00 00 e8 8d 59 ac fd e9 e7 00 00 00 e8 83 59 ac fd eb 10 e8 7c 59 ac fd eb 09 e8 75 59 ac fd 90 <0f> 0b 90 89 d9 f7 d9 e9 b8 f8 ff ff e8 63 59 ac fd eb 10 e8 5c 59
RSP: 0000:ffffc9000f0e79c0 EFLAGS: 00010287
RAX: ffffffff841b72bb RBX: 00000000ffffffe4 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc90020001000 RSI: 0000000000001bd6 RDI: 0000000000001bd7
RBP: ffffc9000f0e7bf0 R08: ffff888036ae8000 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 00000000fffffffb R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff8880122ec640
R13: ffff88804413c610 R14: 00000000ffffffe4 R15: ffff888052ccc001
FS:  00007fecee1d26c0(0000) GS:ffff88808c2cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffe81558f18 CR3: 0000000043995000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 btrfs_create_common+0x189/0x310 fs/btrfs/inode.c:6990
 btrfs_mkdir+0xc1/0xf0 fs/btrfs/inode.c:7129
 vfs_mkdir+0x40c/0x620 fs/namei.c:5410
 filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5443
 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:5470 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdir+0x34/0x150 fs/namei.c:5467
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7feced39e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fecee1d1fe8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000053
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007feced626090 RCX: 00007feced39e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007feced435024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007feced626128 R14: 00007feced626090 R15: 00007fffcef08fe8
 </TASK>

Crashes (13):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/03 04:06 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/09/03 04:02 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/09/03 04:00 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/09/03 03:56 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/25 16:35 upstream 818bebeb63dd a9a1fc32 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/18 04:19 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/18 04:18 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/18 04:11 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/12 13:43 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 ee03bfea .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/12 06:57 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/12 06:56 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/12 06:51 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
2026/08/04 14:13 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in btrfs_create_new_inode
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.