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WARNING in do_notify_parent

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/28 16:11
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+bbe6b99feefc3a0842de@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone()
Patched on: [ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 49d, last: 36d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
89df55d2-bac7-41e5-830c-4b35b960f14e repro WARNING in do_notify_parent 2026/03/05 20:22 2026/03/05 20:37 2026/03/05 20:48 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Discussions (4)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v3] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone() 4 (4) 2026/03/17 14:19
[PATCH v2] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in kernel_clone() 2 (2) 2026/03/16 11:51
[syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in do_notify_parent 0 (4) 2026/03/16 08:21
[PATCH] kernel/fork: validate exit_signal in clone() syscall 1 (1) 2026/03/07 06:42
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/03/16 08:21 1h00m kartikey406@gmail.com patch linux-next OK log
2026/03/07 05:28 23m kartikey406@gmail.com patch linux-next OK log

Sample crash report:
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!valid_signal(sig)
WARNING: kernel/signal.c:2174 at do_notify_parent+0xc7e/0xd70 kernel/signal.c:2174, CPU#0: syz.0.17/6060
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6060 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:do_notify_parent+0xc7e/0xd70 kernel/signal.c:2174
Code: c6 05 2c 05 93 0e 01 48 c7 c7 c0 46 cb 8b be a3 08 00 00 48 c7 c2 40 48 cb 8b e8 6d 53 17 00 e9 c6 fa ff ff e8 a3 00 3b 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 45 31 e4 e9 1c ff ff ff e8 92 00 3b 00 90 0f 0b 90 e9 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003467c40 EFLAGS: 00010093
RAX: ffffffff818aed2d RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff888030320000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 0000000000000040
RBP: ffffc90003467d90 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200068cfa4 R12: ffff888026cf9d10
R13: ffff888030320000 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: 1ffff9200068cf90
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124ff7000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f4ff1052770 CR3: 0000000077786000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 exit_notify kernel/exit.c:756 [inline]
 do_exit+0x15b3/0x2580 kernel/exit.c:986
 __do_sys_exit kernel/exit.c:1083 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit kernel/exit.c:1081 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit+0x40/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1081
 x64_sys_call+0x2231/0x2240 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:61
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4ff119c799
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f4ff119c76f.
RSP: 002b:0000200000000d98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000003c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 00007f4ff119c799
RDX: 00007f4ff119c799 RSI: 0000200000000dc0 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007f4ff1232bd9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4ff1415fac R14: 00007f4ff1415fa0 R15: 00007f4ff1415fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (2428):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/03 06:20 linux-next d517cb8cea01 28b83e23 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/03 10:07 linux-next d517cb8cea01 28b83e23 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/03 07:15 linux-next d517cb8cea01 28b83e23 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 19:53 linux-next a0ae2a256046 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 18:36 linux-next a0ae2a256046 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 10:42 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 08:27 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 06:40 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 05:53 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 03:46 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 02:20 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 00:38 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/09 00:28 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 22:37 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 21:05 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 19:59 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 19:59 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 17:25 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 16:18 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 14:46 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 13:49 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 12:25 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 10:21 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 09:28 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 08:03 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 06:50 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 06:21 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 04:36 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/08 02:56 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/07 18:38 linux-next a0ae2a256046 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 16:03 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 16:02 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 15:00 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 14:36 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 13:17 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 11:22 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 10:24 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 09:23 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 08:26 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 07:07 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 06:39 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 05:31 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 04:26 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 04:18 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 03:18 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 02:18 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 02:02 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/06 00:57 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/05 23:53 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/03/05 23:36 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/02/28 15:58 linux-next 3fa5e5702a82 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
2026/02/24 16:07 linux-next 3ef088b0c577 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in do_notify_parent
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.