WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (6)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/10 15:02
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+30b93b6845b19cc38581@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d06h, last: 2d20h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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e9a21b8b assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (6) 2026/08/08 23:55 2026/08/08 23:55 2026/08/09 00:47 5d63f80b
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[PATCH net] af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd(). 3 (3) 2026/08/11 05:21
[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (6) 0 (1) 2026/08/10 15:02
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C 7 2d04h 3d06h 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 00:18
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (3) net -1 syz, C error inconclusive 20 1129d 1152d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/09 02:33
linux-5.15 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C 107 664d 748d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 04:54
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (4) net -1 syz, C 387 659d 705d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C done 16774 1263d 1477d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 14:17
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (2) net -1 syz, C 76 1192d 1263d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (5) net -1 syz, C 41 603d 601d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/06 15:33
linux-6.1 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (2) -1 syz, C 5 2d20h 3d06h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 00:39
linux-6.1 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 43 664d 764d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 04:13
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/08 07:38 31m edumazet@google.com patch upstream OK log

Sample crash report:
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skb_assert_len
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 at skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 [inline], CPU#0: syz-executor184/5631
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 at __dev_queue_xmit+0x1fb8/0x3820 net/core/dev.c:4781, CPU#0: syz-executor184/5631
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5631 Comm: syz-executor184 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__dev_queue_xmit+0x1fbf/0x3820 net/core/dev.c:4781
Code: 48 c7 44 24 10 00 00 00 00 e9 50 fe ff ff e8 28 45 26 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 d6 e1 ff ff 48 8d 3d 48 00 c6 06 48 c7 c6 7c bf 43 8e <67> 48 0f b9 3a 80 3d ee 0a a0 06 01 0f 85 86 03 00 00 e8 fa 44 26
RSP: 0018:ffffc900038c7660 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff89a09fa1 RBX: ffff88801b04e5d0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88807f661f00 RSI: ffffffff8e43bf7c RDI: ffffffff9066bdc0
RBP: ffffc900038c7910 R08: ffff88807ae068a7 R09: 1ffff1100f5c0d14
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f5c0d15 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff92000718eec R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88801b04e5d0
FS:  0000555586b70400(0000) GS:ffff888124f55000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005628d19fb000 CR3: 0000000073c3e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline]
 packet_sendmsg+0x1f38/0x4e80 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x13a/0x180 net/socket.c:775
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:790 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x408/0x5a0 net/socket.c:2252
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2259 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2255 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2255
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fda58f481c9
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff9aa6f188 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000200 RCX: 00007fda58f481c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fda58fb3489 R08: 0000200000000000 R09: 0000000000000014
R10: 0000000004000010 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fda58fb33f1
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 00007fff9aa6f1e0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	48 c7 44 24 10 00 00 	movq   $0x0,0x10(%rsp)
   7:	00 00
   9:	e9 50 fe ff ff       	jmp    0xfffffe5e
   e:	e8 28 45 26 f8       	call   0xf826453b
  13:	90                   	nop
  14:	0f 0b                	ud2
  16:	90                   	nop
  17:	e9 d6 e1 ff ff       	jmp    0xffffe1f2
  1c:	48 8d 3d 48 00 c6 06 	lea    0x6c60048(%rip),%rdi        # 0x6c6006b
  23:	48 c7 c6 7c bf 43 8e 	mov    $0xffffffff8e43bf7c,%rsi
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	80 3d ee 0a a0 06 01 	cmpb   $0x1,0x6a00aee(%rip)        # 0x6a00b24
  36:	0f 85 86 03 00 00    	jne    0x3c2
  3c:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3d:	fa                   	cli
  3e:	44                   	rex.R
  3f:	26                   	es

Crashes (21):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/08 01:08 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 01:00 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:36 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 01:32 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ba5cc80fd326 e4ef95d6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ba5cc80fd326 e4ef95d6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 09:57 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:08 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:08 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 06:21 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 06:21 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:14 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 06:23 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 06:23 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 02:34 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 02:34 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 07:52 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 06:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ba5cc80fd326 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ba5cc80fd326 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci ba5cc80fd326 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 07:28 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 07:27 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.