WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/10/09 13:58
Subsystems: edac
Labels: prio:low
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+fcc0b3f9f99f26c710d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d18h, last: 1d03h
▶ ▼ ✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
13500c5e repro-c 💥 WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init 2026/10/10 02:19 2026/10/10 02:19 2026/10/10 02:20 549ef7e3
d0a7f796 repro-c 💥 WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init 2026/10/08 02:56 2026/10/08 02:56 2026/10/08 03:40 f8f239cf
4856b5bd assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init 2026/10/07 00:00 2026/10/07 00:00 2026/10/07 01:05 f7710056

Sample crash report:
------------[ cut here ]------------
ODEBUG: init active (active state 0) object: ffff8880b85234a0 object type: timer_list hint: mce_timer_fn+0x0/0x280 include/linux/highmem-internal.h:-1
WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:632 at debug_print_object+0xec/0x230 lib/debugobjects.c:629, CPU#1: swapper/1/0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G S           L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x18a/0x230 lib/debugobjects.c:629
Code: f8 48 c1 e8 03 80 3c 18 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 8d a7 58 fd 4d 8b 0f 4c 89 ef 48 8b 74 24 08 48 89 ea 44 89 e1 4d 89 f0 ff 34 24 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 48 83 c4 08 ff 05 23 54 d7 0b 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c
RSP: 0000:ffffc900001d7c20 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: 1ffffffff16df3c0 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffff8bcc7840 RSI: ffffffff8bcc7440 RDI: ffffffff90bccf10
RBP: ffffffff8bcc7840 R08: ffff8880b85234a0 R09: ffffffff8b6fb180
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81b2b610 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffffff90bccf10 R14: ffff8880b85234a0 R15: ffffffff8b6f9e00
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124abb000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000000efb0000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __debug_object_init+0x224/0x350 lib/debugobjects.c:818
 debug_timer_init kernel/time/timer.c:788 [inline]
 debug_init kernel/time/timer.c:836 [inline]
 timer_init_key+0x41/0x2c0 kernel/time/timer.c:880
 __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c:2087 [inline]
 mcheck_cpu_init+0x3dc/0x600 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c:2262
 identify_cpu+0x1f2c/0x3940 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:2126
 identify_secondary_cpu+0xaa/0x160 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:2187
 ap_starting+0x9c/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:190
 start_secondary+0x66/0x110 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:280
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x157
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	f8                   	clc
   1:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
   5:	80 3c 18 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%rbx,1)
   9:	74 08                	je     0x13
   b:	4c 89 ff             	mov    %r15,%rdi
   e:	e8 8d a7 58 fd       	call   0xfd58a7a0
  13:	4d 8b 0f             	mov    (%r15),%r9
  16:	4c 89 ef             	mov    %r13,%rdi
  19:	48 8b 74 24 08       	mov    0x8(%rsp),%rsi
  1e:	48 89 ea             	mov    %rbp,%rdx
  21:	44 89 e1             	mov    %r12d,%ecx
  24:	4d 89 f0             	mov    %r14,%r8
  27:	ff 34 24             	push   (%rsp)
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	48 83 c4 08          	add    $0x8,%rsp
  33:	ff 05 23 54 d7 0b    	incl   0xbd75423(%rip)        # 0xbd7545c
  39:	48 83 c4 10          	add    $0x10,%rsp
  3d:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  3e:	41 5c                	pop    %r12

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/11 05:18 upstream a5ebb76233b7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init
2026/10/05 13:46 upstream a90ee4305c4a 1995e6c7 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING: ODEBUG bug in mcheck_cpu_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.