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kernel BUG in __kmap_local_pfn_prot

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/16 01:34
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+fe426bef95363177631d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d00h, last: 5d00h
Discussions (2)
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[PATCH mm-hotfixes] mm/zswap: add missing kunmap_local() 5 (5) 2026/03/17 00:38
[syzbot] [mm?] kernel BUG in __kmap_local_pfn_prot 2 (3) 2026/03/16 14:07

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at mm/highmem.c:480!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] SMP ARM
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12237 Comm: syz.3.10715 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: ARM-Versatile Express
PC is at kmap_local_idx_push mm/highmem.c:480 [inline]
PC is at __kmap_local_pfn_prot+0x230/0x24c mm/highmem.c:562
LR is at get_lock_parent_ip include/linux/ftrace.h:1168 [inline]
LR is at preempt_latency_start kernel/sched/core.c:5744 [inline]
LR is at preempt_count_add+0x114/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:5769
pc : [<804d94c4>]    lr : [<8028d87c>]    psr: 20000113
sp : eca19900  ip : eca198d8  fp : eca19934
r10: 00000000  r9 : 00000024  r8 : 000e1380
r7 : 0000071f  r6 : 00c00000  r5 : 83ff9800  r4 : 00000020
r3 : 00000022  r2 : 0000071f  r1 : 00000011  r0 : 00000000
Flags: nzCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
Control: 30c5387d  Table: 8688cec0  DAC: 00000000
Register r0 information: NULL pointer
Register r1 information: non-paged memory
Register r2 information: non-paged memory
Register r3 information: non-paged memory
Register r4 information: non-paged memory
Register r5 information: slab task_struct start 83ff9800 pointer offset 0 size 3072
Register r6 information: non-paged memory
Register r7 information: non-paged memory
Register r8 information: non-paged memory
Register r9 information: non-paged memory
Register r10 information: NULL pointer
Register r11 information: 2-page vmalloc region starting at 0xeca18000 allocated at kernel_clone+0xac/0x428 kernel/fork.c:2654
Register r12 information: 2-page vmalloc region starting at 0xeca18000 allocated at kernel_clone+0xac/0x428 kernel/fork.c:2654
Process syz.3.10715 (pid: 12237, stack limit = 0xeca18000)
Stack: (0xeca19900 to 0xeca1a000)
9900: 00000000 00000000 8050a67c 72c571c0 00000881 00001000 eca19978 00001000
9920: ffebe000 82a80518 eca19944 eca19938 804d9550 804d92a0 eca19974 eca19948
9940: 80818b4c 804d94ec 00000000 00000000 00000000 deddc6a8 8337ec00 eca199a0
9960: ff7f5e74 0000002d eca1999c eca19978 80818c90 80818b14 00000000 eca199c0
9980: 00000000 72c571c0 ff7f5e54 865a7ea0 eca19a1c eca199a0 80537bf8 80818c04
99a0: eca199bc eca199b0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
99c0: deb9c9c2 00000000 00001000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
99e0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 002d0000 72c571c0 deddc6a8 00000001
9a00: 865a7ea0 0000002d 85795f00 00000001 eca19a44 eca19a20 80539cdc 80537b30
9a20: deddc6a8 82ad6c20 00000000 85528900 00000001 00000001 eca19a94 eca19a48
9a40: 8052cc48 80539c54 0000002d 00100cca 83ff9800 eca19ab4 00000000 00000000
9a60: 00000000 72c571c0 8052ed9c 0000002d 00100cca 00000000 00000000 0000002f
9a80: eca19ab3 00000000 eca19b14 eca19a98 8052f18c 8052c958 eca19ab3 85420288
9aa0: 83ffa688 deddc6a8 00000028 00000028 01a19ae4 00000000 00000000 00000000
9ac0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 eca19ad8 eca19ad8
9ae0: 00000000 72c571c0 eca19b3c 00000001 00000000 00000028 00100cca 00000000
9b00: 84ce1400 eca19c30 eca19b9c eca19b18 8052f384 8052efc4 8022bc40 8022aba8
9b20: 00000000 804e0f7c eca19c0c eca19ba0 8028d88c 804e0f7c 00000000 00000000
9b40: 824ad034 72c571c0 eca19b7c eca19b58 ffec8000 83ff9800 00000028 85528900
9b60: eca19b9c eca19b70 8052d220 72c571c0 00000028 eca19c30 00000000 00000028
9b80: 00000000 00000000 84ce1400 85528900 eca19c0c eca19ba0 804e1294 8052f328
9ba0: eca19c28 87979800 eca19bc4 eca19bb8 804d9550 804d92a0 eca19bec eca19bc8
9bc0: 804f3820 804d94ec eca19c28 87979800 2000d000 eca19d28 00000000 eca19c30
9be0: eca19c0c 00000214 83ff9800 2000d000 eca19d28 00000000 00000000 00000000
9c00: eca19ca4 eca19c10 804e2bc4 804e0f64 eca19c64 00000000 eca19c4c 72c571c0
9c20: eca19c30 8575ad00 df871003 00000000 84ce1400 00000cc0 0002000d 2000d000
9c40: 2000d000 00000a14 87979800 8688cec0 00002880 00000000 00000000 00000000
9c60: 00000000 deb5fbb8 00000000 00000000 826c36c0 72c571c0 eca19d0c eca19d28
9c80: 2000d000 00000207 2000d000 00000214 8575ad00 00000007 eca19cec eca19ca8
9ca0: 80232fcc 804e2718 00000001 00000000 8280c82c 83ff9800 00000000 83ff9800
9cc0: 81c01eb4 8281d3d0 00000207 2000d000 eca19d28 80232edc 83ff9800 84df3318
9ce0: eca19d24 eca19cf0 8023357c 80232ee8 eca19d5c 80200c04 83ff9800 84df3318
9d00: eca19d24 81ab4034 80000013 ffffffff eca19d5c fffff000 eca19da4 eca19d28
9d20: 80200b2c 80233550 2000d000 7effffff a100d000 000006c0 2000d000 2000d000
9d40: b5003500 b5403587 fffff000 2000d6c0 84df3318 eca19da4 eca19da8 eca19d78
9d60: 804d0850 81ab4034 80000013 ffffffff eca19d94 b5003500 8047cd9c 0047ca50
9d80: 000006c0 00000000 00000000 000006c0 000006c0 81c1ee80 eca19dc4 eca19da8
9da0: 808f215c 804d07dc 00000000 00000000 0000c940 000006c0 eca19e2c eca19dc8
9dc0: 8047db10 808f211c 000006c0 00000000 debb5aac 00000000 eca19e1c 83ff9800
9de0: 00000000 0000c940 eca19ed8 eca19e60 2a7a3214 debb5aac 00000000 72c571c0
9e00: eca19e60 00000000 eca19e60 84df3290 eca19ed8 875806c0 00000001 00000006
9e20: eca19e54 eca19e30 804abc20 8047d87c 00002004 875806c0 00000000 eca19f88
9e40: 83ff9800 00000001 eca19ebc eca19e58 80572c54 804abbb0 00000006 eca19ed8
9e60: 875806c0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000006 00002004
9e80: 00000000 00000000 eca19ebc 72c571c0 8028d87c 804abba4 00000000 875806c0
9ea0: eca19f88 83ff9800 00000001 0000016a eca19f5c eca19ec0 805743d0 80572b30
9ec0: 00000000 eca19ed8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00010000 0000c940
9ee0: 200006c0 000e4635 00000001 00000000 81af13d4 200006c0 000f0f75 00000000
9f00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
9f20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 72c571c0 875806c1 875806c0
9f40: 00000001 20000080 8020029c 83ff9800 eca19f84 eca19f60 80574834 805742a8
9f60: 00000000 0013e480 00000000 00000000 003464f8 0000016a eca19fa4 eca19f88
9f80: 805760c4 805747b0 00000000 00000000 00000000 83ff9800 00000000 eca19fa8
9fa0: 80200060 805760b0 00000000 00000000 00000006 20000080 00000001 00000000
9fc0: 00000000 00000000 003464f8 0000016a 003464b8 00000000 00000001 76ec30dc
9fe0: 76ec2e88 76ec2e78 00018ba0 001302e0 60000010 00000006 00000000 00000000
Call trace: 
[<804d9294>] (__kmap_local_pfn_prot) from [<804d9550>] (__kmap_local_page_prot mm/highmem.c:593 [inline])
[<804d9294>] (__kmap_local_pfn_prot) from [<804d9550>] (__kmap_local_page_prot+0x70/0x74 mm/highmem.c:576)
 r8:82a80518 r7:ffebe000 r6:00001000 r5:eca19978 r4:00001000
[<804d94e0>] (__kmap_local_page_prot) from [<80818b4c>] (kmap_local_page include/linux/highmem-internal.h:73 [inline])
[<804d94e0>] (__kmap_local_page_prot) from [<80818b4c>] (scatterwalk_map include/crypto/scatterwalk.h:111 [inline])
[<804d94e0>] (__kmap_local_page_prot) from [<80818b4c>] (scatterwalk_next include/crypto/scatterwalk.h:146 [inline])
[<804d94e0>] (__kmap_local_page_prot) from [<80818b4c>] (memcpy_from_scatterwalk+0x44/0xf0 crypto/scatterwalk.c:39)
[<80818b08>] (memcpy_from_scatterwalk) from [<80818c90>] (memcpy_from_sglist+0x98/0xbc crypto/scatterwalk.c:72)
 r10:0000002d r9:ff7f5e74 r8:eca199a0 r7:8337ec00 r6:deddc6a8 r5:00000000
 r4:00000000 r3:00000000
[<80818bf8>] (memcpy_from_sglist) from [<80537bf8>] (zswap_decompress+0xd4/0x28c mm/zswap.c:946)
 r5:865a7ea0 r4:ff7f5e54
[<80537b24>] (zswap_decompress) from [<80539cdc>] (zswap_load+0x94/0x1dc mm/zswap.c:1615)
 r9:00000001 r8:85795f00 r7:0000002d r6:865a7ea0 r5:00000001 r4:deddc6a8
[<80539c48>] (zswap_load) from [<8052cc48>] (swap_read_folio+0x2fc/0x794 mm/page_io.c:637)
 r9:00000001 r8:00000001 r7:85528900 r6:00000000 r5:82ad6c20 r4:deddc6a8
[<8052c94c>] (swap_read_folio) from [<8052f18c>] (swap_cluster_readahead+0x1d4/0x364 mm/swap_state.c:755)
 r10:00000000 r9:eca19ab3 r8:0000002f r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:00100cca
 r4:0000002d
[<8052efb8>] (swap_cluster_readahead) from [<8052f384>] (swapin_readahead+0x68/0x514 mm/swap_state.c:924)
 r10:eca19c30 r9:84ce1400 r8:00000000 r7:00100cca r6:00000028 r5:00000000
 r4:00000001
[<8052f31c>] (swapin_readahead) from [<804e1294>] (do_swap_page+0x33c/0x1494 mm/memory.c:4802)
 r10:85528900 r9:84ce1400 r8:00000000 r7:00000000 r6:00000028 r5:00000000
 r4:eca19c30
[<804e0f58>] (do_swap_page) from [<804e2bc4>] (handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6320 [inline])
[<804e0f58>] (do_swap_page) from [<804e2bc4>] (__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6455 [inline])
[<804e0f58>] (do_swap_page) from [<804e2bc4>] (handle_mm_fault+0x4b8/0x6b8 mm/memory.c:6624)
 r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:eca19d28 r6:2000d000 r5:83ff9800
 r4:00000214
[<804e270c>] (handle_mm_fault) from [<80232fcc>] (do_page_fault+0xf0/0x4d0 arch/arm/mm/fault.c:402)
 r10:00000007 r9:8575ad00 r8:00000214 r7:2000d000 r6:00000207 r5:2000d000
 r4:eca19d28
[<80232edc>] (do_page_fault) from [<8023357c>] (do_DataAbort+0x38/0xac arch/arm/mm/fault.c:645)
 r10:84df3318 r9:83ff9800 r8:80232edc r7:eca19d28 r6:2000d000 r5:00000207
 r4:8281d3d0
[<80233544>] (do_DataAbort) from [<80200b2c>] (__dabt_svc+0x4c/0x80 arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S:219)
Exception stack(0xeca19d28 to 0xeca19d70)
9d20:                   2000d000 7effffff a100d000 000006c0 2000d000 2000d000
9d40: b5003500 b5403587 fffff000 2000d6c0 84df3318 eca19da4 eca19da8 eca19d78
9d60: 804d0850 81ab4034 80000013 ffffffff
 r8:fffff000 r7:eca19d5c r6:ffffffff r5:80000013 r4:81ab4034
[<804d07d0>] (fault_in_readable) from [<808f215c>] (fault_in_iov_iter_readable+0x4c/0xd0 lib/iov_iter.c:106)
 r9:81c1ee80 r8:000006c0 r7:000006c0 r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:000006c0
[<808f2110>] (fault_in_iov_iter_readable) from [<8047db10>] (generic_perform_write+0x2a0/0x2c0 mm/filemap.c:4368)
 r7:000006c0 r6:0000c940 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
[<8047d870>] (generic_perform_write) from [<804abc20>] (shmem_file_write_iter+0x7c/0x84 mm/shmem.c:3502)
 r10:00000006 r9:00000001 r8:875806c0 r7:eca19ed8 r6:84df3290 r5:eca19e60
 r4:00000000
[<804abba4>] (shmem_file_write_iter) from [<80572c54>] (do_iter_readv_writev+0x130/0x220 fs/read_write.c:829)
 r9:00000001 r8:83ff9800 r7:eca19f88 r6:00000000 r5:875806c0 r4:00002004
[<80572b24>] (do_iter_readv_writev) from [<805743d0>] (vfs_writev+0x134/0x3c0 fs/read_write.c:1059)
 r10:0000016a r9:00000001 r8:83ff9800 r7:eca19f88 r6:875806c0 r5:00000000
 r4:804abba4
[<8057429c>] (vfs_writev) from [<80574834>] (do_pwritev+0x90/0xf0 fs/read_write.c:1155)
 r9:83ff9800 r8:8020029c r7:20000080 r6:00000001 r5:875806c0 r4:875806c1
[<805747a4>] (do_pwritev) from [<805760c4>] (__do_sys_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1201 [inline])
[<805747a4>] (do_pwritev) from [<805760c4>] (sys_pwritev+0x20/0x28 fs/read_write.c:1196)
 r7:0000016a r6:003464f8 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
[<805760a4>] (sys_pwritev) from [<80200060>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S:67)
Exception stack(0xeca19fa8 to 0xeca19ff0)
9fa0:                   00000000 00000000 00000006 20000080 00000001 00000000
9fc0: 00000000 00000000 003464f8 0000016a 003464b8 00000000 00000001 76ec30dc
9fe0: 76ec2e88 76ec2e78 00018ba0 001302e0
Code: e5cce005 ebf5de07 e19510b4 eaffff81 (e7f001f2) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	e5cce005 	strb	lr, [ip, #5]
   4:	ebf5de07 	bl	0xffd77828
   8:	e19510b4 	ldrh	r1, [r5, r4]
   c:	eaffff81 	b	0xfffffe18
* 10:	e7f001f2 	udf	#18 <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/12 01:26 upstream b29fb8829bff 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm32 kernel BUG in __kmap_local_pfn_prot
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.