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BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/03/25 11:12
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+3ad17e94107dda6b6b03@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 21d, last: 16m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/03/26 linux-6.6.y (ToT) c09fbcd31ae6 C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/03/26 upstream (ToT) 46b513250491 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks 8 C 1401 4d14h 21d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/03/25 10:41
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/03/28 18:34 1m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: writeback.
ext4 filesystem being mounted at /0/bus supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff)
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_do_update_inode:5248: inode #2: comm syz.0.17: corrupted inode contents
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_dirty_inode:6124: inode #2: comm syz.0.17: mark_inode_dirty error
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_do_update_inode:5248: inode #2: comm syz.0.17: corrupted inode contents
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): __ext4_ext_dirty:206: inode #2: comm syz.0.17: mark_inode_dirty error
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffff93
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD cf35067 P4D cf35067 PUD cf37067 PMD 0 
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 5913 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:ext4_ext_drop_refs fs/ext4/extents.c:119 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ext4_free_ext_path fs/ext4/extents.c:128 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x2d00/0x6800 fs/ext4/extents.c:4494
Code: 8b 7c 24 10 4d 85 ff 0f 84 bd 00 00 00 e8 78 dc 58 ff 49 8d 7f 08 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 0f 85 3d 1e 00 00 <41> 0f b7 47 08 c1 e0 04 48 8d 04 40 48 89 44 24 10 4d 89 fc 49 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000448f0a0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888022318000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffffffffff93
RBP: ffffc9000448f350 R08: ffff88802015f14b R09: 1ffff1100402be29
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100402be2a R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffff92000891e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffffffffff8b
FS:  000055556b301500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffff93 CR3: 0000000074c2d000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ext4_map_blocks+0x9e2/0x1b80 fs/ext4/inode.c:652
 ext4_getblk+0x1d0/0x6f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:862
 ext4_bread+0x2a/0x170 fs/ext4/inode.c:918
 ext4_append+0x2c2/0x560 fs/ext4/namei.c:83
 ext4_add_entry+0x9eb/0xd90 fs/ext4/namei.c:2511
 ext4_add_nondir+0x93/0x270 fs/ext4/namei.c:2845
 ext4_create+0x2ea/0x470 fs/ext4/namei.c:2891
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3496 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3564 [inline]
 path_openat+0x12a0/0x3230 fs/namei.c:3794
 do_filp_open+0x1f5/0x430 fs/namei.c:3824
 do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1421
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
 __do_sys_creat fs/open.c:1514 [inline]
 __se_sys_creat fs/open.c:1508 [inline]
 __x64_sys_creat+0x90/0xb0 fs/open.c:1508
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd8b939c819
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:00007ffe30c4ce58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000055
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd8b9615fa0 RCX: 00007fd8b939c819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007fd8b9432c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd8b9615fac R14: 00007fd8b9615fa0 R15: 00007fd8b9615fa0
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: ffffffffffffff93
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:ext4_ext_drop_refs fs/ext4/extents.c:119 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ext4_free_ext_path fs/ext4/extents.c:128 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x2d00/0x6800 fs/ext4/extents.c:4494
Code: 8b 7c 24 10 4d 85 ff 0f 84 bd 00 00 00 e8 78 dc 58 ff 49 8d 7f 08 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 0f 85 3d 1e 00 00 <41> 0f b7 47 08 c1 e0 04 48 8d 04 40 48 89 44 24 10 4d 89 fc 49 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000448f0a0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888022318000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffffffffff93
RBP: ffffc9000448f350 R08: ffff88802015f14b R09: 1ffff1100402be29
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100402be2a R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffff92000891e40 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffffffffff8b
FS:  000055556b301500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffffffff93 CR3: 0000000074c2d000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	8b 7c 24 10          	mov    0x10(%rsp),%edi
   4:	4d 85 ff             	test   %r15,%r15
   7:	0f 84 bd 00 00 00    	je     0xca
   d:	e8 78 dc 58 ff       	call   0xff58dc8a
  12:	49 8d 7f 08          	lea    0x8(%r15),%rdi
  16:	48 89 f8             	mov    %rdi,%rax
  19:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
  1d:	42 0f b6 04 30       	movzbl (%rax,%r14,1),%eax
  22:	84 c0                	test   %al,%al
  24:	0f 85 3d 1e 00 00    	jne    0x1e67
* 2a:	41 0f b7 47 08       	movzwl 0x8(%r15),%eax <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	c1 e0 04             	shl    $0x4,%eax
  32:	48 8d 04 40          	lea    (%rax,%rax,2),%rax
  36:	48 89 44 24 10       	mov    %rax,0x10(%rsp)
  3b:	4d 89 fc             	mov    %r15,%r12
  3e:	49                   	rex.WB
  3f:	8d                   	.byte 0x8d

Crashes (1083):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/06 06:13 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/05 10:22 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/03/26 09:03 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 c6143aac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/03/26 09:56 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 c6143aac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 21:40 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 20:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 18:50 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 15:58 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 10:36 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 09:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 03:30 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 22:36 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 21:30 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 19:50 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 09:32 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 08:22 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 18:26 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 16:15 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 14:56 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 08:48 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 06:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 04:07 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 04:02 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 23:04 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 20:52 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 16:31 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 10:23 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 09:31 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 04:05 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 03:50 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 02:34 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/11 17:09 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/03/25 11:11 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 8ee77f7d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/16 00:56 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/16 00:50 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 20:29 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 08:04 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/15 07:08 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/14 20:11 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 21:17 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 20:39 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 01:51 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/13 01:51 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/12 02:25 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/11 22:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/11 10:00 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/11 10:00 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
2026/04/11 08:17 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan general protection fault in ext4_ext_map_blocks
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.