WARNING in ipgre_xmit (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/02 18:48
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+f16c1b285c9f63994eec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d21h, last: 1h07m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
267b2c63 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in ipgre_xmit (2) 2026/07/31 01:50 2026/07/31 01:50 2026/07/31 01:58 aaffb173

			
		
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[syzbot] [net?] WARNING in ipgre_xmit (2) 1 (2) 2026/08/03 00:53
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ipgre_xmit net -1 syz, C done 9916 1507d 1523d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:51

Sample crash report:
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len > ((int)(~0U >> 1))
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 at pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 [inline], CPU#1: syz.4.18651/31032
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 at pskb_network_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:3265 [inline], CPU#1: syz.4.18651/31032
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 at pskb_inet_may_pull_reason include/net/ip_tunnels.h:481 [inline], CPU#1: syz.4.18651/31032
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 at pskb_inet_may_pull include/net/ip_tunnels.h:486 [inline], CPU#1: syz.4.18651/31032
WARNING: ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 at ipgre_xmit+0x958/0xcd0 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:658, CPU#1: syz.4.18651/31032
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31032 Comm: syz.4.18651 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2864 [inline]
RIP: 0010:pskb_network_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:3265 [inline]
RIP: 0010:pskb_inet_may_pull_reason include/net/ip_tunnels.h:481 [inline]
RIP: 0010:pskb_inet_may_pull include/net/ip_tunnels.h:486 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ipgre_xmit+0x958/0xcd0 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:658
Code: 48 3b 84 24 80 00 00 00 0f 85 3b 01 00 00 31 c0 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 3f 1a 78 01 cc e8 09 f5 6a f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 08 f8 ff ff 44 89 ff 44 89 e6 e8 b5 f6 6a f7 45 39 e7
RSP: 0018:ffffc900104075e0 EFLAGS: 00010287
RAX: ffffffff8a5c1d67 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90019314000 RSI: 00000000000000e1 RDI: 00000000000000e2
RBP: ffffc900104076b0 R08: ffff88802aec8000 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000004888 R11: ffffffff8a5c1410 R12: ffff888085442000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88801ff83000 R15: 00000000ffffff40
FS:  00007f2b704836c0(0000) GS:ffff88812504b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c421bf0 CR3: 00000000a6342000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 00000000e0000011
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5400 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5409 [inline]
 __dev_direct_xmit+0x4b6/0x730 net/core/dev.c:4942
 __xsk_generic_xmit net/xdp/xsk.c:1253 [inline]
 xsk_generic_xmit+0x2759/0x47b0 net/xdp/xsk.c:1309
 __xsk_sendmsg net/xdp/xsk.c:1363 [inline]
 xsk_sendmsg+0x482/0x810 net/xdp/xsk.c:1373
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x13a/0x180 net/socket.c:775
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:790 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x54e/0x850 net/socket.c:2684
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2738
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2770 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2775 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2773 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1b1/0x290 net/socket.c:2773
 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: 0033:0x7f2b6f59e019
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:00007f2b70483028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2b6f825fa0 RCX: 00007f2b6f59e019
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000200000000700 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f2b6f63500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2b6f826038 R14: 00007f2b6f825fa0 R15: 00007f2b6f94fa48
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 15:22 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in ipgre_xmit
2026/08/04 15:22 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in ipgre_xmit
2026/08/04 15:03 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ipgre_xmit
2026/08/04 15:03 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ipgre_xmit
2026/07/29 18:43 upstream fc02acf6ac0c b63596d1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ipgre_xmit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.