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unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (9)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/05/10 20:18
Subsystems: net
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Reported-by: syzbot+e2af46126e0644cbebdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d01h, last: 2h03m
Discussions (2)
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[PATCH net v2] ipv6: addrconf: skip autoconf on unregistering devices 1 (1) 2026/05/12 12:44
[syzbot] [net?] unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (9) 0 (1) 2026/05/10 20:18
Similar bugs (17)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (3) 2 C 1864 2218d 2279d 15/29 fixed on 2020/04/15 17:19
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (6) 2 C error 13128 1526d 1644d 20/29 fixed on 2022/03/08 16:11
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 C 170521 2834d 2945d 8/29 fixed on 2018/08/08 18:10
linux-4.14 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 C done 120 2140d 2579d 1/1 fixed on 2020/08/02 06:53
linux-5.15 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free missing-backport origin:upstream 2 C done 10045 4h54m 1161d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/07 22:57
android-49 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 C 52164 2361d 2588d 0/3 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/11 08:44
android-44 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 C 4307 2423d 2588d 0/2 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/11 08:44
linux-4.14 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (2) fat hfsplus bfs vfs gfs2 udf xfs reiserfs sysv btrfs f2fs 2 C 651522 1162d 2098d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/13 09:52
android-414 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 1231 2364d 2586d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/19 10:10
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (4) 2 C done 50394 1889d 2092d 19/29 fixed on 2021/03/10 01:48
linux-6.6 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free origin:lts-only 2 C inconclusive 682 3h14m 328d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/18 00:40
linux-6.1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free origin:upstream missing-backport 2 C inconclusive 4968 2h10m 1162d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/07 18:05
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (8) net 2 C done 443850 6d08h 1067d 29/29 fixed on 2026/05/06 19:02
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (2) 2 C done 385621 2279d 2827d 15/29 fixed on 2020/02/14 01:19
linux-4.19 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free 2 C 5316 1162d 2589d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 19:11
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (5) 2 C done 40035 1644d 1889d 20/29 fixed on 2021/11/10 00:50
upstream unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free (7) 2 C inconclusive 20422 1069d 1271d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41

Sample crash report:
unregister_netdevice: waiting for netdevsim1 to become free. Usage count = 2
ref_tracker: netdev@00000000f11a2c54 has 1/1 users at
     __netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4471 [inline]
     netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4483 [inline]
     netdev_get_by_index+0x88/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:1027
     fib6_nh_init+0x258/0x14bc net/ipv6/route.c:3606
     ip6_route_info_create_nh+0x120/0x9a8 net/ipv6/route.c:3905
     addrconf_f6i_alloc+0x1e4/0x3b4 net/ipv6/route.c:4697
     ipv6_add_addr+0x458/0xd70 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1126
     addrconf_add_linklocal+0x1e0/0x378 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3311
     addrconf_addr_gen+0x27c/0x2e0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
     addrconf_init_auto_addrs+0x390/0x764 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
     addrconf_notify+0x7a0/0xbe4 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3752
     notifier_call_chain+0x194/0x60c kernel/notifier.c:85
     raw_notifier_call_chain+0x3c/0x50 kernel/notifier.c:453
     call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0xb8/0x120 net/core/dev.c:2249
     call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2287 [inline]
     call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2301 [inline]
     __dev_notify_flags+0x160/0x27c net/core/dev.c:9794
     netif_change_flags+0xd0/0x15c net/core/dev.c:9823
     do_setlink+0xab0/0x31c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3180
     rtnl_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3799 [inline]
     __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3972 [inline]
     rtnl_newlink+0xd24/0x113c net/core/rtnetlink.c:4109

netdevsim netdevsim2 netdevsim0 (unregistering): unset [1, 0] type 2 family 0 port 6081 - 0

Crashes (117):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/10 15:34 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 29233ece .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 19:30 upstream 70390501d194 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 14:51 upstream 70390501d194 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 01:59 upstream 81d6f7807536 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 00:19 upstream 81d6f7807536 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 09:46 upstream fcee7d82f27d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 04:46 upstream cbf457c584b5 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 18:10 net be48e5fe51a5 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 13:03 net be48e5fe51a5 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 10:40 net be48e5fe51a5 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 02:39 net e17492979319 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 21:04 net a450063ef86b d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 19:56 net a450063ef86b e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 16:32 net a450063ef86b e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 06:33 net a450063ef86b 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 05:04 net 46e9b0224475 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 13:02 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 02:10 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 21:55 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 16:35 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 13:44 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 11:28 net 496c0c4c53bb 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 14:28 net fcee7d82f27d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 12:42 net fcee7d82f27d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 12:15 net fcee7d82f27d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 19:25 net-next 73d587ae684d d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 16:41 net-next 73d587ae684d d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 04:42 net-next cb880b02117d d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 11:30 net-next 63751099502d e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 10:26 net-next 63751099502d e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 00:48 net-next a93245816556 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 20:58 net-next a93245816556 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 15:08 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 14:42 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 08:59 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 06:55 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 05:18 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 19:11 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 17:39 net-next 8b2feced65cd 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 21:57 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 21:51 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 21:50 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 21:45 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 21:38 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 18:44 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 16:18 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 14:06 net-next 6a4c4656b0d2 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 15:18 linux-next e98d21c170b0 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/12 14:42 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 15:17 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 13:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 09:01 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 03:24 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/08 16:25 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5cbb61bf4168 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/11 18:25 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 5d6919055dec 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/10 10:39 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 1bfaee9d3351 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/09 10:20 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 81d6f7807536 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64 unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
2026/05/07 14:58 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 8ab992f815d6 0211be7b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-compat unregister_netdevice: waiting for DEV to become free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.