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kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/02/18 21:59
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2b5fe617654be3d8848b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 158d, last: 3d05h
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[PATCH] mm/page_table_check: do not track special (PFN-mapped) PTEs 5 (5) 2026/06/17 11:07
[syzbot] [mm?] kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3) 0 (1) 2026/02/18 21:59
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (2) mm -1 C error done 32 620d 630d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/19 02:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 3 669d 1130d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/18 21:38
upstream kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero usb -1 C error done 213 671d 1158d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 13:24

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at [] mm/page_table_check.c:142!
Kernel BUG [#1]
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3879 Comm: syz.0.9 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
epc : __page_table_check_zero+0x370/0x532 mm/page_table_check.c:142
 ra : __page_table_check_zero+0x370/0x532 mm/page_table_check.c:142
epc : ffffffff80c81dd0 ra : ffffffff80c81dd0 sp : ffff8f800a006b60
 gp : ffffffff8a49f880 tp : ffffaf801ae2b580 t0 : ffffffff80b3f2e0
 t1 : fffff5ef027a1c13 t2 : ffffffff80c1255c s0 : ffff8f800a006bd0
 s1 : ffffaf8013d0e098 a0 : 0000000000000005 a1 : 0000000000000000
 a2 : 0000000000080000 a3 : ffffffff80c81dd0 a4 : ffff8f8004f8c000
 a5 : 0000000000080000 a6 : 0000000000000003 a7 : ffffaf8013d0e09b
 s2 : 0000000000000001 s3 : 0000000000000000 s4 : ffffaf8013d0e050
 s5 : dfffffff00000000 s6 : 0000000000000001 s7 : 00000000000b3601
 s8 : ffffffff88c5a580 s9 : 0000000000007fff s10: fffffffef14b7b9c
 s11: ffffffff8a5bdce0 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : fffff5ef027a1c13
 t5 : fffff5ef027a1c14 t6 : 0000000000000002 ssp : 0000000000000000
status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: ffffffff80c81dd0 cause: 0000000000000003
[<ffffffff80c81dd0>] __page_table_check_zero+0x370/0x532 mm/page_table_check.c:142
[<ffffffff80af68de>] page_table_check_free include/linux/page_table_check.h:46 [inline]
[<ffffffff80af68de>] __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1407 [inline]
[<ffffffff80af68de>] __free_frozen_pages+0x6ec/0x136c mm/page_alloc.c:2950
[<ffffffff80afefb8>] free_frozen_pages+0xe/0x16 mm/page_alloc.c:2988
[<ffffffff8092ca0a>] __folio_put+0x29a/0x454 mm/swap.c:112
[<ffffffff80b4fd72>] folio_put include/linux/mm.h:2124 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b4fd72>] free_folio_and_swap_cache+0x100/0x13c mm/swap_state.c:563
[<ffffffff80c0e92e>] __folio_split+0xec2/0x140e mm/huge_memory.c:4128
[<ffffffff80c1255c>] __split_huge_page_to_list_to_order mm/huge_memory.c:4240 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c1255c>] split_huge_page_to_list_to_order include/linux/huge_mm.h:415 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c1255c>] split_folio_to_list+0x4c/0x5e mm/huge_memory.c:4304
[<ffffffff80b3ba84>] madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range+0x1870/0x23ac mm/madvise.c:411
[<ffffffff80a8a4e6>] walk_pmd_range mm/pagewalk.c:148 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a8a4e6>] walk_pud_range mm/pagewalk.c:239 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a8a4e6>] walk_p4d_range mm/pagewalk.c:280 [inline]
[<ffffffff80a8a4e6>] walk_pgd_range+0xd12/0x1eca mm/pagewalk.c:321
[<ffffffff80a8b7d6>] __walk_page_range+0x138/0x7a8 mm/pagewalk.c:429
[<ffffffff80a8d006>] walk_page_range_vma_unsafe+0x1ec/0x82c mm/pagewalk.c:733
[<ffffffff80a8d6a0>] walk_page_range_vma+0x5a/0x84 mm/pagewalk.c:743
[<ffffffff80b34c7e>] madvise_cold_page_range mm/madvise.c:585 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b34c7e>] madvise_cold+0x1a4/0x5e0 mm/madvise.c:605
[<ffffffff80b3d93a>] madvise_vma_behavior+0x740/0x1eac mm/madvise.c:1355
[<ffffffff80b3f2e0>] madvise_walk_vmas+0x23a/0x976 mm/madvise.c:1712
[<ffffffff80b3fc06>] madvise_do_behavior+0x1ea/0x5be mm/madvise.c:1907
[<ffffffff80b40ee4>] do_madvise+0x23a/0x294 mm/madvise.c:2005
[<ffffffff80b40fc6>] __do_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:2014 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b40fc6>] __se_sys_madvise mm/madvise.c:2012 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b40fc6>] __riscv_sys_madvise+0x88/0xdc mm/madvise.c:2012
[<ffffffff80078f0c>] syscall_handler+0x92/0x114 arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h:112
[<ffffffff864f5770>] do_trap_ecall_u+0x3e4/0x636 arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c:342
[<ffffffff8652196c>] handle_exception+0x168/0x174 arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S:237
Code: dca0 854a d0ef 872f 8a2a bf9d c097 ff8a 80e7 db80 (9002) c097 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	dca0                	sw	s0,120(s1)
   2:	854a                	mv	a0,s2
   4:	872fd0ef          	jal	0xffffffffffffd076
   8:	8a2a                	mv	s4,a0
   a:	bf9d                	j	0xffffffffffffff80
   c:	ff8ac097          	auipc	ra,0xff8ac
  10:	db8080e7          	jalr	-584(ra) # 0xff8abdc4
* 14:	9002                	ebreak <-- trapping instruction
  16:	97c0                	.short	0xc097

Crashes (283):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/20 06:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 93a278000821 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/07/20 01:21 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 93a278000821 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/07/20 00:53 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 93a278000821 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/07/06 07:41 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 798246e5edfb fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/29 09:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 798246e5edfb fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/28 20:15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 798246e5edfb fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/28 18:20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 798246e5edfb fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/28 14:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 798246e5edfb fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/05 00:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 197909be .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/01 07:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/06/01 00:07 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/26 07:44 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/26 07:43 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/05/24 12:25 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 0ca1724b56af c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 19:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 05:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 04:23 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/27 00:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 19:56 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 17:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 16:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 15:07 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 11:29 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 09:15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 09:13 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 08:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 06:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/26 00:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 23:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 19:17 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 15:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 13:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/25 03:03 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/20 01:40 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/20 00:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/19 16:52 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/19 04:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 07:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 07:29 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 06:14 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 01:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/13 00:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 20:25 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/04/12 18:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 9b3a2be84803 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/03/09 08:50 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/02/16 13:32 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/02/14 21:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 18be4ca5cb4e 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.