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panic: vrele: v_writecount != NUM (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/11 07:16
Reported-by: syzbot+f1d9c434d13c9ad77d50@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d12h, last: 9d12h
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
openbsd panic: vrele: v_writecount != NUM 2 2 164d 217d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/06 23:20

Sample crash report:
panic: vrele: v_writecount != 0
Stopped at      db_enter+0x25:  addq    $0x8,%rsp
    TID    PID    UID     PRFLAGS     PFLAGS  CPU  COMMAND
*398388  34674      0      0x1004          0    0K syz-executor
 473061  92638     73   0x1100010        0x1    1  syslogd
db_enter() at db_enter+0x25 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:438
panic(ffffffff8331ff57) at panic+0x1e5 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:198
vrele(fffffd806d0943a0) at vrele+0x274
uvn_detach(fffffd806e3e0e68) at uvn_detach+0x1b7 sys/uvm/uvm_vnode.c:375
uvm_unmap_detach(ffff80003c4379d8,0) at uvm_unmap_detach+0x15e sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:1364
uvmspace_exec(ffff800035fe6fb0,1000,7f7fffffc000) at uvmspace_exec+0x3b7 sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:3393
sys_execve(ffff800035fe6fb0,ffff80003c438070,ffff80003c437fc0) at sys_execve+0xc31 sys/kern/kern_exec.c:453
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x7255a3cbf710, count: 6
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ddb{0}> show panic
*cpu0: vrele: v_writecount != 0
ddb{0}> trace
db_enter() at db_enter+0x25 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:438
panic(ffffffff8331ff57) at panic+0x1e5 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:198
vrele(fffffd806d0943a0) at vrele+0x274
uvn_detach(fffffd806e3e0e68) at uvn_detach+0x1b7 sys/uvm/uvm_vnode.c:375
uvm_unmap_detach(ffff80003c4379d8,0) at uvm_unmap_detach+0x15e sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:1364
uvmspace_exec(ffff800035fe6fb0,1000,7f7fffffc000) at uvmspace_exec+0x3b7 sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:3393
sys_execve(ffff800035fe6fb0,ffff80003c438070,ffff80003c437fc0) at sys_execve+0xc31 sys/kern/kern_exec.c:453
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x7255a3cbf710, count: -9
ddb{0}> show registers
rdi                                0
rsi                              0x1
rbp               0xffff80003c437820
rbx               0xffffffff8384ce07    cpu_info_full_primary+0x2e07
rdx                                0
rcx               0xffff800035fe6fb0
rax               0xffffffff8384bff0    cpu_info_full_primary+0x1ff0
r8                 0x101010101010101
r9                0x8080808080808080
r10               0x8549635570749ef3
r11               0xd878fc471b2ef65f
r12               0xffffffff8384cc08    cpu_info_full_primary+0x2c08
r13                                0
r14                                0
r15                              0x1
rip               0xffffffff82d87095    db_enter+0x25
cs                               0x8
rflags                         0x246
rsp               0xffff80003c437810
ss                              0x10
db_enter+0x25:  addq    $0x8,%rsp
ddb{0}> show proc
PROC (syz-executor) tid=398388 pid=34674 tcnt=1 stat=onproc
    flags process=1004<INEXEC,SINGLEEXIT> proc=0
    runpri=50, usrpri=86, slppri=24, nice=20
    wchan=0x0, wmesg=, ps_single=0xffff800035fe6fb0 scnt=0 ecnt=0
    forw=0xffffffffffffffff, list=0xffff800035fe67e8,0xffff800035fe7cb8
    process=0xffff8000fffeb508 user=0xffff80003c433000, vmspace=0xfffffd806c200018
    estcpu=36, cpticks=2, pctcpu=0.0, user=0, sys=2, intr=0
ddb{0}> ps
   PID     TID   PPID    UID  S       FLAGS  WAIT          COMMAND
 68316  227081   7516      0  2           0                syz-executor
 68316  341177   7516      0  2   0x4000000                syz-executor
*34674  398388   7748      0  7      0x1004                syz-executor
 57186  521897  47491      0  2           0                syz-executor
 57186   13893  47491      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 88827  450591   5036      0  2           0                syz-executor
 88827  483865   5036      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 88827  297061   5036      0  2   0x4000000                syz-executor
 66706  445674  90018      0  2           0                syz-executor
 66706   43206  90018      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 62097  150135  21831      0  2       0xc80                syz-executor
 62097  231883  21831      0  3   0x4000080  pipewr        syz-executor
 62097  475693  21831      0  3   0x4000080  fsleep        syz-executor
 67167  316585      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
 58731  493640      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
 51094  379829      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
 23449  237337      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
 74713  456944      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
 41294  233337      0      0  3     0x14280  nfsidl        nfsio
  4860  314767      1      0  3    0x100083  ttyin         getty
  7516   90765   7748      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
  5036  520686   7748      0  2         0x2                syz-executor
 94833   88256   7748      0  3        0x82  wait          syz-executor
 47491   19709   7748      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 21831   40200   7748      0  2         0x2                syz-executor
 90018  192004   7748      0  2       0xc82                syz-executor
 86204  266808   7748      0  2         0x2                syz-executor
  7748  505919  65983      0  3        0x82  kqread        syz-executor
 65983  145946  94612      0  3    0x10008a  sigsusp       ksh
 94612  362241  52825      0  3        0x98  kqread        sshd-session
 52825   51210  73823      0  3        0x92  kqread        sshd-session
 73823  285255      1      0  3        0x88  kqread        sshd
 55186  242579  77357     74  3   0x1100092  bpf           pflogd
 77357  363888      1      0  3        0x80  sbwait        pflogd
 92638  473061  23836     73  7   0x1100011                syslogd
 23836  200025      1      0  3    0x100082  sbwait        syslogd
 90167  271827      1      0  3    0x100080  kqread        resolvd
 84374  210035  97240     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
 34032   63258  97240     77  3    0x100092  kqread        dhcpleased
 97240  388555      1      0  3        0x80  kqread        dhcpleased
 17651  301473      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         smr
 27347  164189      0      0  2     0x14200                zerothread
 35374  479520      0      0  3     0x14200  aiodoned      aiodoned
   493   83198      0      0  3     0x14200  syncer        update
  3348  166478      0      0  3     0x14200  cleaner       cleaner
 18149  318700      0      0  3     0x14200  reaper        reaper
 99217   48320      0      0  3     0x14200  pgdaemon      pagedaemon
 45349  520776      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         viomb
 51021  303847      0      0  3  0x40014200  acpi0         acpi0
 22070  497180      0      0  3  0x40014200                idle1
 26506  442904      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         softnet1
 22964  293027      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         softnet0
 92467  426937      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systqmp
 80729  148956      0      0  3     0x14200  bored         systq
 59181   51100      0      0  3     0x14200  tmoslp        softclockmp
 95447   52160      0      0  3  0x40014200  tmoslp        softclock
 97784  445132      0      0  3  0x40014200                idle0
     1  414004      0      0  3        0x82  wait          init
     0       0     -1      0  3  0x10010200  scheduler     swapper
ddb{0}> show all locks
Process 34674 (syz-executor) thread 0xffff800035fe6fb0 (398388)
exclusive kernel_lock &kernel_lock r = 1 (0xffffffff83901248)
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 stacktrace_save sys/sys/stacktrace.h:37 [inline]
#0  witness_lock+0x5f1 sys/kern/subr_witness.c:1160
#1  syscall+0xaf4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:175 [inline]
#1  syscall+0xaf4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
#2  Xsyscall+0x128
ddb{0}> show malloc
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       ioctlops     0      0K       8K 166960K      1683        0
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ddb{0}> show all pools
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ddb{0}> machine ddbcpu 0
Invalid cpu 0
ddb{0}> trace
db_enter() at db_enter+0x25 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:438
panic(ffffffff8331ff57) at panic+0x1e5 sys/kern/subr_prf.c:198
vrele(fffffd806d0943a0) at vrele+0x274
uvn_detach(fffffd806e3e0e68) at uvn_detach+0x1b7 sys/uvm/uvm_vnode.c:375
uvm_unmap_detach(ffff80003c4379d8,0) at uvm_unmap_detach+0x15e sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:1364
uvmspace_exec(ffff800035fe6fb0,1000,7f7fffffc000) at uvmspace_exec+0x3b7 sys/uvm/uvm_map.c:3393
sys_execve(ffff800035fe6fb0,ffff80003c438070,ffff80003c437fc0) at sys_execve+0xc31 sys/kern/kern_exec.c:453
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80003c438070) at syscall+0xb17 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x7255a3cbf710, count: -9
ddb{0}> machine ddbcpu 1
Stopped at      x86_ipi_db+0x27:        addq    $0x8,%rsp
x86_ipi_db(ffff8000299edff0) at x86_ipi_db+0x27 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:394
x86_ipi_handler() at x86_ipi_handler+0xd9 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/ipi.c:106
Xresume_lapic_ipi() at Xresume_lapic_ipi+0x27
__mp_lock(ffffffff83901040) at __mp_lock+0x192 __mp_lock_spin sys/kern/kern_lock.c:142 [inline]
__mp_lock(ffffffff83901040) at __mp_lock+0x192 sys/kern/kern_lock.c:173
ktrstruct(ffff80002a273c98,ffffffff833beafa,ffff80002a2ce150,20) at ktrstruct+0xdf sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c:313
sys_kevent(ffff80002a273c98,ffff80002a2ce4d0,ffff80002a2ce420) at sys_kevent+0x7bf sys/kern/kern_event.c:1327
syscall(ffff80002a2ce4d0) at syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80002a2ce4d0) at syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x79263f4839d0, count: 7
ddb{1}> trace
x86_ipi_db(ffff8000299edff0) at x86_ipi_db+0x27 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/db_interface.c:394
x86_ipi_handler() at x86_ipi_handler+0xd9 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/ipi.c:106
Xresume_lapic_ipi() at Xresume_lapic_ipi+0x27
__mp_lock(ffffffff83901040) at __mp_lock+0x192 __mp_lock_spin sys/kern/kern_lock.c:142 [inline]
__mp_lock(ffffffff83901040) at __mp_lock+0x192 sys/kern/kern_lock.c:173
ktrstruct(ffff80002a273c98,ffffffff833beafa,ffff80002a2ce150,20) at ktrstruct+0xdf sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c:313
sys_kevent(ffff80002a273c98,ffff80002a2ce4d0,ffff80002a2ce420) at sys_kevent+0x7bf sys/kern/kern_event.c:1327
syscall(ffff80002a2ce4d0) at syscall+0xbd4 mi_syscall sys/sys/syscall_mi.h:176 [inline]
syscall(ffff80002a2ce4d0) at syscall+0xbd4 sys/arch/amd64/amd64/trap.c:765
Xsyscall() at Xsyscall+0x128
end of kernel
end trace frame: 0x79263f4839d0, count: -8

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/11 07:15 openbsd d046e1d8fd3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report [disk image] [bsd.gdb] [kernel image] ci-openbsd-multicore panic: vrele: v_writecount != NUM
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.