WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+4281a7c76d4ee0c96c3c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 487d, last: 7h47m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/18 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 0bc96de781b4 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/02 upstream (ToT) 66701750d556 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/18 upstream (ToT) c17b750b3ad9 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C inconclusive 840 7d09h 482d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
linux-5.15 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream -1 syz, C 2451 49m 485d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 syz, C 35773 466d 490d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/02 06:16 4h07m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4914 at kernel/events/core.c:6602 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6602 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4914 at kernel/events/core.c:6602 perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6714
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4914 Comm: syz.3.209 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6602 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6714
Code: e8 02 5e da ff 84 db 75 10 e8 99 5b da ff 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 89 5b da ff e8 7c 98 58 ff eb e9 e8 7d 5b da ff <0f> 0b 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 43 80 3c 2f 00 0f 85 0a ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004ed78e8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81a7eb03 RBX: ffff8880772fba58 RCX: ffff88802e965a00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff8880772fb820 R08: ffff88802e966403 R09: 1ffff11005d2cc80
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1005d2cc81 R12: ffff88802e965a00
R13: ffff88805fbae160 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff1100ee5f704
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f3dac071220 CR3: 000000000d88e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
 do_exit+0x9d5/0x2570 kernel/exit.c:887
 do_group_exit+0x229/0x2e0 kernel/exit.c:1030
 get_signal+0x1259/0x1340 kernel/signal.c:2884
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc4/0x1310 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:871
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:213
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:295 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:306
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f3dac19f559
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f3dac19f52f.
RSP: 002b:00007f3dacf8b0e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: fffffffffffffe00 RBX: 00007f3dac425fa8 RCX: 00007f3dac19f559
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007f3dac425fa8
RBP: 00007f3dac425fa0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f3dac426038 R14: 00007fff9b7843c0 R15: 00007fff9b7844a8
 </TASK>

Crashes (3238):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/24 00:00 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/11 08:42 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/09/23 15:59 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 abce1216 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/09/06 10:07 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/09 21:32 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 07:58 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 03:07 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/01/16 13:04 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 00:57 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 02:26 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 00:28 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 20:29 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:17 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/30 14:34 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf fd2207e7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/10 14:32 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 16:24 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 15:23 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 14:09 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 14:43 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/29 08:11 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d401b9d7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/27 12:35 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 e12e5ba4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/27 11:26 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 e12e5ba4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/09 00:15 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/03 22:41 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 7368264b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/13 08:08 linux-6.1.y dfc486ec9cce 3cda49cf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/29 21:31 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/05 02:49 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f5bcc8dc .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/28 01:36 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 23:14 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 18:19 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 13:09 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 06:15 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 05:00 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/27 00:53 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 10:38 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 10:17 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 08:28 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 05:35 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 03:17 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/26 01:53 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 21:30 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 20:15 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 16:18 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 14:14 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 11:20 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 08:38 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 05:14 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/25 01:17 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/24 22:57 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/24 21:46 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/24 15:01 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/24 13:23 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/24 08:34 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 21:22 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 20:02 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 16:45 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 d566bfda .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 13:51 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 d566bfda .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 12:47 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 d566bfda .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 02:25 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/23 00:45 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/22 23:25 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/22 17:39 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/22 07:15 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/22 02:09 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 21:35 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 18:39 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 61c200c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 17:13 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 61c200c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 15:19 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 61c200c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 14:07 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 61c200c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 03:45 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 01:29 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/21 00:10 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/20 19:08 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/20 18:06 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/20 14:54 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/20 10:10 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 72cdc28d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/27 13:49 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.