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WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:46
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+48f1b5af9d99f72922d5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 218d, last: 7h14m
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/18 upstream (ToT) e7c375b18160 C [report] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 3909 7h51m 221d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/07 01:50
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref ext4 -1 C error 1291 168d 217d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 2142 9h51m 218d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:56
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref (2) ext4 -1 C error 6858 1h07m 167d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/30 22:34

Sample crash report:
syz.0.17[5915]: memfd_create() called without MFD_EXEC or MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL set
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
EXT4-fs: Ignoring removed nobh option
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EA inode 11 i_nlink=1026
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5915 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1059 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x53c/0x590 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1057
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5915 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x53c/0x590 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1057
Code: 8d 7e 50 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 65 d5 98 ff 49 8b 37 48 c7 c7 20 d8 de 8a 89 da e8 34 54 0a ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 74 24 08 4c 8b 7c 24 10 e9 ab fe ff ff e8 7e d5 3f 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032071a0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: cf0d82dcf5d73700 RBX: 0000000000000402 RCX: ffff88807ab71e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc90003207298 R08: ffff8880b8f28c13 R09: 1ffff110171e5182
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e5183 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88805fed84a8 R14: ffff88805fed82b0 R15: ffff88805fed8300
FS:  000055555b5da500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fd50824b53c CR3: 000000002d84b000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1082 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_set_entry+0xcda/0x1e90 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1724
 ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x254/0x6a0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2268
 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2671 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2739 [inline]
 ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x1398/0x1e80 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2827
 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x306/0x400 fs/ext4/inode.c:5990
 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6033 [inline]
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x45d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6111
 ext4_evict_inode+0x7f3/0xea0 fs/ext4/inode.c:254
 evict+0x4ca/0x8d0 fs/inode.c:705
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xbec/0x1420 fs/ext4/orphan.c:472
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5621 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x5eea/0x67b0 fs/ext4/super.c:5744
 get_tree_bdev+0x3f3/0x520 fs/super.c:1591
 vfs_get_tree+0x8c/0x280 fs/super.c:1764
 do_new_mount+0x24b/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3386
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd50819da8a
Code: 48 c7 c2 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 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:00007ffec30d36f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffec30d3780 RCX: 00007fd50819da8a
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 00007ffec30d3740
RBP: 0000200000000180 R08: 00007ffec30d3780 R09: 0000000000800718
R10: 0000000000800718 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000200000000140
R13: 00007ffec30d3740 R14: 00000000000004a3 R15: 00002000000001c0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1462):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/12 03:18 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/04 16:55 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 13:00 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/29 03:59 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/25 01:23 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 74e70d19 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/23 03:53 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5b92003d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/21 14:15 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5b92003d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/20 01:17 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 bd6dcb30 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/18 08:07 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 c8810548 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/12 08:56 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 2d88ab01 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/08 20:37 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/07 13:28 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1 (corrupt fs)] [mounted in repro #2 (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/06 11:57 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 31e9c887 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/04 03:44 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 4180d919 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/02 00:13 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/22 20:39 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/15 03:26 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/07 14:48 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae f20fc9f9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/04 11:20 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 42b01fab .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/01 12:58 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc 6b8752f2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/25 14:34 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/16 07:50 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/14 11:39 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/01/12 20:18 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/11/15 22:59 linux-6.6.y 0a805b6ea8cd f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/02/28 17:13 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/16 09:01 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/15 21:50 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/15 21:47 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/15 07:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/14 19:44 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/13 21:11 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/13 01:51 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/12 14:45 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/12 02:47 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/11 04:13 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/10 21:10 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/10 07:47 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/09 19:38 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/09 14:25 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/09 01:41 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/08 09:36 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/08 09:18 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/07 21:57 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/07 01:55 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/05 20:28 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/05 00:14 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/04 16:33 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/04 05:24 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/04 02:39 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 23:42 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 14:43 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 09:48 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 08:32 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/03 08:09 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/02 18:45 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 91bc79b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/02 08:23 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 0cb124d5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 20:58 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 19:31 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 18:23 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 16:59 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 16:58 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/04/01 06:11 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/31 18:08 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 aeea1c72 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/30 15:53 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/29 22:47 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/29 21:41 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/29 21:26 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2026/03/29 20:02 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:48 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 09:45 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.