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KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/10 01:55
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+798d81a034a88c5e8aad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1224d, last: 1d06h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 8dc9384b7d75012856b02ff44c37566a55fc2abf
Author: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Date: Wed Jan 5 01:22:18 2022 +0000

  xfs: reduce kvmalloc overhead for CIL shadow buffers

  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/07 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 8a7f2a5c5aa1 C [report] KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/05/07 upstream (ToT) fc4354c6e5c2 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: corrupted list in xlog_cil_commit xfs 8 6 763d 774d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/20 09:02
upstream BUG: corrupted list in xlog_cil_commit (2) xfs 8 3 570d 606d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/22 12:28
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/02/04 10:23 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/02/04 10:23 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/02/04 10:23 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/02/03 06:49 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/02/03 06:49 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/02/03 06:49 8m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/01/20 03:37 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/20 03:37 41m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/20 03:37 40m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/05 12:33 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/10/24 00:21 4h55m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log

Sample crash report:
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007f15db678fac R14: 00007f15db678fa0 R15: 00007f15db678fa0
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in xlog_cil_alloc_shadow_bufs fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:225 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in xlog_cil_commit+0x2c9/0x2020 fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:1264
Write of size 88 at addr 0000000000000000 by task syz.0.18/4332

CPU: 1 PID: 4332 Comm: syz.0.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:438 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xd5/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:451
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x235/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 memset+0x1e/0x40 mm/kasan/shadow.c:44
 xlog_cil_alloc_shadow_bufs fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:225 [inline]
 xlog_cil_commit+0x2c9/0x2020 fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:1264
 __xfs_trans_commit+0x6b4/0xc60 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c:881
 xfs_vn_update_time+0x3a1/0x510 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:1072
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1893 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x3a6/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
 xfs_file_write_checks+0x8bc/0xa80 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:446
 xfs_file_buffered_write+0x163/0xa40 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:745
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f15db3f0e59
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:00007ffe367f73f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f15db678fa0 RCX: 00007f15db3f0e59
RDX: 0000000000000009 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007ffe367f7460 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007f15db678fac R14: 00007f15db678fa0 R15: 00007f15db678fa0
 </TASK>
==================================================================

Crashes (1628):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/02 14:00 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 27192279 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/22 22:19 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5b92003d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/12/09 17:51 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/08/24 16:14 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/03/20 02:48 linux-5.15.y 8020ae3c051d 7939252e .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/05/14 22:43 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 a4fa04ef .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/02/03 01:20 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 568559e4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/02/03 00:59 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 568559e4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2024/11/30 10:23 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68914665 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2024/08/21 21:47 linux-5.15.y fa93fa65db6e db5852f9 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2024/05/13 13:06 linux-5.15.y 284087d4f7d5 9026e142 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2024/01/28 12:33 linux-5.15.y 6139f2a02fe0 cc4a4020 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/10/19 19:21 linux-5.15.y 02e21884dcf2 42e1d524 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/07/08 14:37 linux-5.15.y d54cfc420586 668cb1fa .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/03/30 06:00 linux-5.15.y 115472395b0a f325deb0 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/03/10 02:13 linux-5.15.y d9b4a0c83a2d f08b59ac .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/07/15 01:52 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/07/13 00:23 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/07/12 21:25 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/07/03 20:10 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/07/02 13:32 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 27192279 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/27 18:03 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/27 15:41 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/21 16:09 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/20 20:55 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/13 23:16 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/07 05:07 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/07 02:01 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/06 19:09 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/06 16:34 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/06/04 19:08 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/31 15:08 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/31 13:06 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/31 11:27 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/31 06:58 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/30 15:02 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/30 05:16 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/25 14:19 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/24 21:45 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/24 19:30 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/18 08:46 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/17 17:17 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/10 10:12 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/10 08:00 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/03 08:06 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/05/03 03:37 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/25 22:31 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/25 16:43 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/20 10:26 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/12 18:23 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/12 15:15 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/11 11:33 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/08 11:52 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/07 09:23 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/06 18:08 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/05 04:48 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/04 19:54 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/04/03 10:18 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/29 20:11 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/22 21:52 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/08 13:20 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/08 02:57 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2026/03/07 23:43 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2025/08/28 18:33 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
2023/03/10 01:55 linux-5.15.y d9b4a0c83a2d f08b59ac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.