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BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/10 22:10
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+ce3896e859e1057a1449@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 15d, last: 9d13h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/12 linux-6.1.y (ToT) dfc486ec9cce C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/12 upstream (ToT) 379f604cc3dc C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog origin:lts-only 8 C 10 9d17h 12d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/13 10:38
upstream general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog net 8 C done 255 9d05h 22d 27/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 05:20
android-5-15 general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog origin:lts 2 C 10 5d10h 9d20h 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/16 10:37
linux-6.6 general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog 2 1 9d12h 9d12h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/16 18:27
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/07/13 23:20 17m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000004
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000006
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
  CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff800000000004] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4454 Comm: syz.0.16 Not tainted 6.1.144-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x1e8/0x410 net/sched/sch_api.c:802
lr : qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x19c/0x410 net/sched/sch_api.c:794
sp : ffff800020d16d80
x29: ffff800020d16d80 x28: 0000000000000004 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000020
x23: 00000000000bffe6 x22: ffff80001775e5e0 x21: ffff0000cd9f1000
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: ffff8000181e6000 x16: ffff8000082d0f50 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 00000000ffffffff x13: 0000000000ff0100 x12: 0000000000ff0100
x11: ff0080000febb728 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff0000d4a18000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff80000febbedc x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000002
x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x1e8/0x410 net/sched/sch_api.c:802
 codel_change+0x740/0xb3c net/sched/sch_codel.c:177
 codel_init+0x174/0x340 net/sched/sch_codel.c:196
 qdisc_create+0x6f0/0xe20 net/sched/sch_api.c:1310
 tc_modify_qdisc+0x954/0x1718 net/sched/sch_api.c:-1
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x734/0xce4 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6153
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x3c4 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2493
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x28/0x38 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6171
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1311 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x600/0x818 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1337
 netlink_sendmsg+0x6e8/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1859
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5b8/0x918 net/socket.c:2519
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2573 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x25c/0x320 net/socket.c:2602
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2611 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2609 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x80/0x94 net/socket.c:2609
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: 14000020 f9400339 91008338 d343ff1c (387b6b88) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	14000020 	b	0x80
   4:	f9400339 	ldr	x25, [x25]
   8:	91008338 	add	x24, x25, #0x20
   c:	d343ff1c 	lsr	x28, x24, #3
* 10:	387b6b88 	ldrb	w8, [x28, x27] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/11 12:23 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/16 15:42 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 124ec9cc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/16 15:41 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 124ec9cc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/11 11:32 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/10 22:09 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/16 17:52 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 124ec9cc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/16 17:52 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 124ec9cc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
2025/07/15 08:59 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan general protection fault in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.