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general protection fault in lo_rw_aio

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/04/18 00:02
Subsystems: block
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Reported-by: syzbot+cd8a9a308e879a4e2c28@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 15d, last: 11m
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[syzbot] [block?] general protection fault in lo_rw_aio 1 (2) 2026/04/21 11:05
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in lo_rw_aio block 10 C 10 360d 369d 29/29 fixed on 2025/07/08 00:33

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000014: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000a0-0x00000000000000a7]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1325 Comm: kworker/u8:11 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: loop9 loop_workfn
RIP: 0010:file_inode include/linux/fs.h:1353 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kiocb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2756 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lo_rw_aio+0xaa9/0xf00 drivers/block/loop.c:401
Code: 89 33 31 ff 8b 5c 24 44 89 de e8 02 66 3d fc 85 db 0f 84 ca 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 58 48 8d 98 a0 00 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 98 6a a4 fc 4c 89 7c 24 10 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900065ff620 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000014 RBX: 00000000000000a0 RCX: ffff8880297e0000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900065ff790 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc900065ff6e3 R11: fffff52000cbfede R12: ffff888026659890
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880266598b0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812627c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555943dca68 CR3: 00000000458ec000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:433 [inline]
 loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1925 [inline]
 loop_process_work+0x637/0x11b0 drivers/block/loop.c:1960
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb5d/0x1860 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:file_inode include/linux/fs.h:1353 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kiocb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2756 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lo_rw_aio+0xaa9/0xf00 drivers/block/loop.c:401
Code: 89 33 31 ff 8b 5c 24 44 89 de e8 02 66 3d fc 85 db 0f 84 ca 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 58 48 8d 98 a0 00 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 98 6a a4 fc 4c 89 7c 24 10 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900065ff620 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000014 RBX: 00000000000000a0 RCX: ffff8880297e0000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900065ff790 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc900065ff6e3 R11: fffff52000cbfede R12: ffff888026659890
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880266598b0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812627c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555943dca68 CR3: 00000000458ec000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	89 33                	mov    %esi,(%rbx)
   2:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
   4:	8b 5c 24 44          	mov    0x44(%rsp),%ebx
   8:	89 de                	mov    %ebx,%esi
   a:	e8 02 66 3d fc       	call   0xfc3d6611
   f:	85 db                	test   %ebx,%ebx
  11:	0f 84 ca 00 00 00    	je     0xe1
  17:	48 8b 44 24 58       	mov    0x58(%rsp),%rax
  1c:	48 8d 98 a0 00 00 00 	lea    0xa0(%rax),%rbx
  23:	48 89 d8             	mov    %rbx,%rax
  26:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
* 2a:	42 80 3c 28 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r13,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	74 08                	je     0x39
  31:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  34:	e8 98 6a a4 fc       	call   0xfca46ad1
  39:	4c 89 7c 24 10       	mov    %r15,0x10(%rsp)
  3e:	48                   	rex.W
  3f:	8b                   	.byte 0x8b

Crashes (270):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/28 23:14 upstream dca922e019dd 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 21:43 upstream dca922e019dd 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 20:31 upstream dca922e019dd 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 17:50 upstream dca922e019dd ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 17:33 upstream dca922e019dd ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 10:05 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 08:36 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 05:42 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 04:26 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 03:09 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 02:01 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 22:30 upstream 254f49634ee1 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 21:12 upstream 254f49634ee1 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 19:51 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 18:14 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 16:10 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 15:09 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 13:32 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 10:28 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 08:12 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 04:54 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 01:29 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 23:45 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 20:44 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 19:50 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 18:11 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 16:43 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 15:13 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 13:55 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 11:10 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 08:29 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 07:09 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 04:18 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 03:54 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 22:11 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 21:07 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 18:45 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 16:09 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 13:13 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 09:22 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/25 08:10 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/17 21:49 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/29 00:16 linux-next 9974969c1403 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 14:27 linux-next 9974969c1403 b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/28 11:17 linux-next 39704f00f747 b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/27 06:19 linux-next 7080e32d3f09 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 21:49 linux-next 7080e32d3f09 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/26 05:45 linux-next 7080e32d3f09 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
2026/04/13 23:56 linux-next 1c7cc4904160 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in lo_rw_aio
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.