WARNING in kcov_remote_start

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/28 15:34
Reported-by: syzbot+e64fc7c934fb30351dfe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 502d, last: 6d13h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) -1 1 260d 260d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/06 04:25
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 4 672d 772d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/19 19:40
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) -1 1 125d 125d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/10/18 20:40
linux-6.6 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 1 175d 175d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/30 01:58
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (4) usb -1 107983 856d 886d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/10 08:24
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) usb -1 syz, C 1153 2627d 2627d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/04 14:27
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (5) wireless -1 4243 752d 852d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 14:56
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) usb -1 265513 890d 960d 25/29 fixed on 2024/06/05 13:52
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start usb -1 syz, C 655 2627d 2627d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/03 16:37
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6) kernel prio:low -1 43269 1d07h 738d 27/29 upstream: reported on 2024/11/04 21:25

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5930 at kernel/kcov.c:868 arch_local_irq_restore arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:137 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5930 at kernel/kcov.c:868 kcov_remote_start+0x552/0x810 kernel/kcov.c:886
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 5930 Comm: syz.6.346 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/15/2026
RIP: 0010:kcov_remote_start+0x552/0x810 kernel/kcov.c:868
Code: 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 0f 84 7e fc ff ff fb e9 78 fc ff ff e8 a0 e2 b4 08 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 0f 85 61 fc ff ff e9 61 fc ff ff <0f> 0b e8 97 f7 b4 08 89 c0 48 c7 c7 70 b1 02 00 48 03 3c c5 80 d9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032c65c8 EFLAGS: 00010002
RAX: 0000000000000200 RBX: ffffffff818270b7 RCX: e05eca5e1f4bd901
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aac2e40 RDI: ffffffff8afe72a0
RBP: ffffc900032c6830 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff236c454
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff236c455 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffff88801e361e00 R15: ffff8880b8c2b170
FS:  00007f47c8c496c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c3bac13 CR3: 0000000073399000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kcov_remote_start_common include/linux/kcov.h:50 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_list+0x617/0x2e40 net/mac80211/rx.c:5299
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x1aa/0x3c0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5340
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4852 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x104/0x1a0 net/mac80211/main.c:317
 ieee80211_stop_device+0x27/0xa0 net/mac80211/util.c:2211
 ieee80211_do_stop+0x1916/0x2060 net/mac80211/iface.c:758
 ieee80211_stop+0x41f/0x490 net/mac80211/iface.c:817
 __dev_close_many+0x1d1/0x2b0 net/core/dev.c:1585
 __dev_close net/core/dev.c:1597 [inline]
 __dev_change_flags+0x2c9/0x6a0 net/core/dev.c:8693
 dev_change_flags+0x78/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8767
 do_setlink+0xbc7/0x29c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2845
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3622 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x16e4/0x1f90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3669
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x863/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6166
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1ef/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2516
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7ad/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ad/0xbd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1877
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5ed/0x9a0 net/socket.c:2519
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a2/0x360 net/socket.c:2573
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2602 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2611 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1c3/0x2b0 net/socket.c:2609
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f47c7d9fb19
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:00007f47c8c49028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f47c8026180 RCX: 00007f47c7d9fb19
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f47c7e37b70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f47c8026218 R14: 00007f47c8026180 R15: 00007ffcd85ebcb8
 </TASK>

Crashes (18):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/06 23:41 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/31 14:18 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/02 20:45 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/04 03:36 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/06/20 07:01 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/06/16 12:39 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e a3998659 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/06/13 15:28 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/05/15 21:58 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/04/27 21:41 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/04/21 07:56 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/02/24 17:16 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/02/11 07:57 linux-6.1.y 0182cb5b74ee 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/02/08 12:43 linux-6.1.y 0182cb5b74ee 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/11/20 01:17 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/26 18:43 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/10/10 10:09 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/07/13 12:19 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/06/28 15:33 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.