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WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/07 01:50
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+23ef1ff7166a7f106a9d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d21h, last: 18h08m
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/10 upstream (ToT) 9dd1835ecda5 C [report] WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref -1 C 41 15h14m 6d13h 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:46
upstream WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref ext4 -1 C error 175 12h40m 5d22h 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/11 00:08
linux-5.15 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref origin:upstream -1 C 51 20h27m 6d12h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/10 09:56

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
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EA inode 11 ref_count=-1
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4507 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1016 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x3dc/0x4ac fs/ext4/xattr.c:1015
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4507 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/30/2025
pstate: 62400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x3dc/0x4ac fs/ext4/xattr.c:1015
lr : ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x3dc/0x4ac fs/ext4/xattr.c:1015
sp : ffff8000213b6fe0
x29: ffff8000213b7060 x28: 00000000ffffffff x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 1fffe0001cac581b x25: ffff700004276dfc x24: 00000000ffffffff
x23: ffff800017a8b000 x22: ffff0000e562bf20 x21: ffffffffffffffff
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0000e562bee0 x18: ffff800011abbcc0
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff8000082d22d4 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 00000000ffffffff x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000ff0100
x11: ff00800008191ca8 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 5d2bfc233d26d100
x8 : 5d2bfc233d26d100 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffff8000213b6a78 x4 : ffff8000151a4820 x3 : ffff80000852e3f8
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000100000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x3dc/0x4ac fs/ext4/xattr.c:1015
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1044 [inline]
 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x8b4/0xd48 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1186
 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0x870/0xa00 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2914
 ext4_evict_inode+0xcd0/0x1270 fs/ext4/inode.c:296
 evict+0x3c8/0x810 fs/inode.c:705
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1834 [inline]
 iput+0x764/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860
 ext4_process_orphan+0x240/0x2b4 fs/ext4/orphan.c:360
 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x908/0x104c fs/ext4/orphan.c:474
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5537 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x6920/0x6e34 fs/ext4/super.c:5668
 get_tree_bdev+0x358/0x544 fs/super.c:1366
 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x38 fs/ext4/super.c:5698
 vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x274 fs/super.c:1573
 do_new_mount+0x228/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3069
 path_mount+0x5b4/0xe78 fs/namespace.c:3399
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3412 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3620 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3597 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_mount+0x49c/0x584 fs/namespace.c:3597
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
irq event stamp: 4326
hardirqs last  enabled at (4325): [<ffff800008308418>] __up_console_sem+0xb4/0x100 kernel/printk/printk.c:261
hardirqs last disabled at (4326): [<ffff800011956c70>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x80 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:405
softirqs last  enabled at (4182): [<ffff8000081a967c>] softirq_handle_end kernel/softirq.c:439 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (4182): [<ffff8000081a967c>] handle_softirqs+0xaf8/0xc6c kernel/softirq.c:624
softirqs last disabled at (4127): [<ffff800008020164>] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:630
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_do_update_inode:5254: inode #15: comm syz.0.17: corrupted inode contents
EXT4-fs error (device loop0) in ext4_orphan_del:305: Corrupt filesystem
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_do_update_inode:5254: inode #15: comm syz.0.17: corrupted inode contents
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_evict_inode:327: inode #15: comm syz.0.17: mark_inode_dirty error
EXT4-fs (loop0): 1 orphan inode deleted
EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem without journal. Quota mode: none.

Crashes (82):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/07 02:01 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/16 04:42 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/16 04:33 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/16 01:54 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/15 20:18 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/15 17:56 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/14 09:45 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/13 19:03 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/13 18:47 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/13 05:05 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 14:37 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 14:37 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 10:06 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:14 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:14 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:10 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:10 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 04:30 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 04:30 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 03:45 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 03:45 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 03:20 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/11 03:18 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 19:44 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 19:43 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 18:50 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 18:50 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/15 19:17 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/13 17:27 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/13 03:42 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 06:50 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 06:50 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:40 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:39 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/12 05:21 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:50 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:50 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 22:17 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 13:49 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 13:49 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 11:39 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 11:37 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 11:32 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/10 11:32 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
2025/09/07 01:49 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.