WARNING: refcount bug in rxe_net_init

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/25 08:19
Subsystems: rdma
Labels: prio:normal
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First crash: 99d, last: 99d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
8954fca7 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING: refcount bug in rxe_net_init 2026/06/01 22:24 2026/06/01 22:24 2026/06/01 23:15 386cc6da

Sample crash report:
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refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 lib/refcount.c:25, CPU#0: syz.0.0/5327
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5327 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 lib/refcount.c:25
Code: eb 66 85 db 74 3e 83 fb 01 75 4c e8 db e1 11 fd 48 8d 3d b4 e4 87 0b 67 48 0f b9 3a eb 4a e8 c8 e1 11 fd 48 8d 3d b1 e4 87 0b <67> 48 0f b9 3a eb 37 e8 b5 e1 11 fd 48 8d 3d ae e4 87 0b 67 48 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005587030 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff84b3f238 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: ffff888000468000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8f1123e0 RDI: ffffffff903bd6f0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888000468000 R09: 0000000000000005
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffc90005587510 R14: ffff888000931a00 R15: ffff888000931980
FS:  00007fa865ff56c0(0000) GS:ffff88808c87e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f39a641f490 CR3: 0000000043f68000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline]
 __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline]
 refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline]
 sock_hold include/net/sock.h:839 [inline]
 rxe_net_ipv4_init drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:762 [inline]
 rxe_net_init+0x2c8/0x330 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:831
 rxe_newlink+0xd3/0x1c0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:239
 nldev_newlink+0x5bc/0x650 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1812
 rdma_nl_rcv_msg drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:-1 [inline]
 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]
 rdma_nl_rcv+0x6d1/0xa10 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x75c/0x8e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:787 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:802 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x972/0x9f0 net/socket.c:2698
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2752
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2784 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2789 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2787 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1bd/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2787
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fa869b9ce59
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fa865ff4fe8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa869e16090 RCX: 00007fa869b9ce59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007fa869c32d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa869e16128 R14: 00007fa869e16090 R15: 00007ffe44c79e68
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	eb 66                	jmp    0x68
   2:	85 db                	test   %ebx,%ebx
   4:	74 3e                	je     0x44
   6:	83 fb 01             	cmp    $0x1,%ebx
   9:	75 4c                	jne    0x57
   b:	e8 db e1 11 fd       	call   0xfd11e1eb
  10:	48 8d 3d b4 e4 87 0b 	lea    0xb87e4b4(%rip),%rdi        # 0xb87e4cb
  17:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi
  1c:	eb 4a                	jmp    0x68
  1e:	e8 c8 e1 11 fd       	call   0xfd11e1eb
  23:	48 8d 3d b1 e4 87 0b 	lea    0xb87e4b1(%rip),%rdi        # 0xb87e4db
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	eb 37                	jmp    0x68
  31:	e8 b5 e1 11 fd       	call   0xfd11e1eb
  36:	48 8d 3d ae e4 87 0b 	lea    0xb87e4ae(%rip),%rdi        # 0xb87e4eb
  3d:	67                   	addr32
  3e:	48                   	rex.W
  3f:	0f                   	.byte 0xf

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/19 06:38 upstream 4d3a2a466b8d 9f74d399 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING: refcount bug in rxe_net_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.