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WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+dcea8245497cc56e2a7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 243d, last: 12h54m
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/07 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 355bd0b51d2f C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/10 upstream (ToT) bc9ff192a6c9 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 upstream (ToT) b236920731dd C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 1152 2h28m 249d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
linux-5.15 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream -1 C 894 3h48m 247d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 C 35773 227d 251d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/12/06 18:54 2h25m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6694 at kernel/events/core.c:6806 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6806 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6694 at kernel/events/core.c:6806 perf_pending_task+0x35c/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6918
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 6694 Comm: syz.0.257 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6806 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x35c/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6918
Code: ff 84 db 75 14 e8 e4 42 d6 ff 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 d0 42 d6 ff e8 ab 33 51 ff eb e5 e8 c4 42 d6 ff <0f> 0b e9 f3 fe ff ff e8 b8 42 d6 ff 48 c7 c7 b0 d2 dc 8c 4c 89 f6
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bb2f9e0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81af683c RBX: ffff88807e43fe48 RCX: ffff88802e4bda00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff8e4a39ef R09: 1ffffffff1c9473d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c9473e R12: ffff88802e4bda00
R13: ffff888028a40930 R14: ffff88807e43fc08 R15: 1ffff1100fc87f81
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f6ab13e7dac CR3: 0000000028448000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x1ce/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:245
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:43 [inline]
 do_exit+0x90b/0x23c0 kernel/exit.c:883
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1024
 get_signal+0x12fc/0x1400 kernel/signal.c:2902
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x9c/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf6/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f6ab118f749
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f6ab118f71f.
RSP: 002b:00007f6ab20bc0e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00007f6ab13e5fa8 RCX: 00007f6ab118f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007f6ab13e5fa8
RBP: 00007f6ab13e5fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6ab13e6038 R14: 00007ffc714a91a0 R15: 00007ffc714a9288
 </TASK>

Crashes (267):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/16 14:41 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 00:09 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 06:31 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 14:00 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 22:12 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:31 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/03 18:46 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/25 00:24 linux-6.6.y 4a243110dc88 c0460fcd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/14 07:24 linux-6.6.y 655054d2c3c1 b6605ba8 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/13 09:55 linux-6.6.y 655054d2c3c1 ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/25 21:13 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/24 20:11 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/24 19:02 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/12 01:34 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/08 16:09 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/08 15:01 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 02:06 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/26 01:00 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/20 23:34 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/19 11:42 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 7117feec .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/10 13:27 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 956bd956 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/13 23:24 linux-6.6.y 655054d2c3c1 b6605ba8 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/24 21:30 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/09 06:22 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4d9fdfa4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/03 05:46 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/02 19:22 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/02 14:16 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/02 02:46 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/02 01:37 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/01 18:00 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/01 13:32 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/03/01 00:22 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/28 23:15 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/28 21:29 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/28 11:25 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/27 23:33 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/27 21:39 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/27 16:09 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/27 07:31 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/26 22:32 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/26 16:26 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/26 07:49 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/25 17:45 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/24 05:28 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/24 01:48 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/24 01:45 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/23 21:32 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/23 19:04 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/23 02:05 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/23 00:53 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/22 22:54 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/22 19:31 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/22 17:47 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/22 12:42 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/21 19:42 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/21 17:59 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/21 04:30 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/21 01:31 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/20 13:06 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/20 11:47 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/19 22:04 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e c8d8c52d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/19 11:37 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/19 08:01 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/18 12:15 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/18 11:06 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/18 09:35 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/18 07:33 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/17 18:12 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/17 13:52 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/16 23:29 linux-6.6.y ae462074fde3 5d52cba5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/14 18:35 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/02/11 16:15 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/03 08:44 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.