------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: lib/refcount.c:31 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x7c/0x130 lib/refcount.c:31, CPU#1: kworker/u8:3/46 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 46 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x7c/0x130 lib/refcount.c:31 Code: 60 31 af 87 e8 e5 d3 e5 fe 83 fd 02 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 76 27 83 fd 03 74 7d 83 fd 04 75 3e e8 bb d8 e5 fe 48 8d 3d 84 6c 28 08 <67> 48 0f b9 3a e8 aa d8 e5 fe 5b 5d e9 43 89 9f 04 85 ed 74 3a e8 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000517890 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888133aa461c RCX: ffffffff82cbe12b RDX: ffff88810a693a00 RSI: ffffffff82cbe145 RDI: ffffffff8af44dd0 RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000004 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff920000a2f17 R13: ffff888133aa461c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882687d3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b335f8ff8 CR3: 00000001097e6000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 Call Trace: __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:461 [inline] refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:476 [inline] ref_tracker_free+0x5cd/0x6c0 lib/ref_tracker.c:303 netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4423 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4440 [inline] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4436 [inline] netdev_watchdog_down net/sched/sch_generic.c:575 [inline] dev_deactivate_many+0x288/0xc40 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1364 dev_deactivate+0xf8/0x1c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1395 linkwatch_do_dev net/core/link_watch.c:184 [inline] linkwatch_do_dev+0xce/0x110 net/core/link_watch.c:166 __linkwatch_run_queue+0x3a5/0x810 net/core/link_watch.c:240 linkwatch_event+0x8f/0xc0 net/core/link_watch.c:314 process_one_work+0x9d7/0x1920 kernel/workqueue.c:3275 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3358 [inline] worker_thread+0x5da/0xe40 kernel/workqueue.c:3439 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:467 ret_from_fork+0x6c3/0xcb0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 ---------------- Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped: 0: 31 af 87 e8 e5 d3 xor %ebp,-0x2c1a1779(%rdi) 6: e5 fe in $0xfe,%eax 8: 83 fd 02 cmp $0x2,%ebp b: 0f 84 a1 00 00 00 je 0xb2 11: 76 27 jbe 0x3a 13: 83 fd 03 cmp $0x3,%ebp 16: 74 7d je 0x95 18: 83 fd 04 cmp $0x4,%ebp 1b: 75 3e jne 0x5b 1d: e8 bb d8 e5 fe call 0xfee5d8dd 22: 48 8d 3d 84 6c 28 08 lea 0x8286c84(%rip),%rdi # 0x8286cad * 29: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction 2e: e8 aa d8 e5 fe call 0xfee5d8dd 33: 5b pop %rbx 34: 5d pop %rbp 35: e9 43 89 9f 04 jmp 0x49f897d 3a: 85 ed test %ebp,%ebp 3c: 74 3a je 0x78 3e: e8 .byte 0xe8