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: 204d, last: 6h15m
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87894511 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero (3) 2026/05/24 23:27 2026/05/24 23:27 2026/05/25 00:58 c69befb3
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[syzbot] Monthly mm report (Aug 2026) 0 (1) 2026/08/25 12:32
[syzbot] Monthly mm report (Jul 2026) 0 (1) 2026/07/25 04:32
[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 syz, C error done 32 665d 675d 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 syz, C inconclusive 3 715d 1176d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/18 21:38
upstream kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero usb -1 syz, C error done 213 716d 1204d 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: 0 UID: 0 PID: 37 Comm: khugepaged Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
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 : ffffffff80ca2cf4 ra : ffffffff80ca2cf4 sp : ffff8f80002b7360
 gp : ffffffff8a4c0280 tp : ffffaf8015e94f80 t0 : ffff8f80002b7300
 t1 : fffff5ef0280c809 t2 : ffffffff91898ba0 s0 : ffff8f80002b73d0
 s1 : ffffaf8014064048 a0 : 0000000000000005 a1 : 0000000000000000
 a2 : 0000000000000002 a3 : ffffffff80ca2cf4 a4 : 0000000000000000
 a5 : ffffaf8015e95f80 a6 : 0000000000000003 a7 : ffffaf801406404b
 s2 : 0000000000000001 s3 : 0000000000000000 s4 : ffffaf8014064000
 s5 : dfffffff00000000 s6 : 0000000000000200 s7 : 00000000000b9400
 s8 : ffffffff88c66940 s9 : 0000000000007fff s10: fffffffef14bbfa4
 s11: ffffffff8a5dfd20 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : fffff5ef0280c809
 t5 : fffff5ef0280c80a t6 : 0000000000000002 ssp : 0000000000000000
status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: ffffffff80ca2cf4 cause: 0000000000000003
[<ffffffff80ca2cf4>] __page_table_check_zero+0x370/0x532 mm/page_table_check.c:142
[<ffffffff80b16dc2>] page_table_check_free include/linux/page_table_check.h:46 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b16dc2>] __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1407 [inline]
[<ffffffff80b16dc2>] __free_frozen_pages+0x6ee/0x136e mm/page_alloc.c:2950
[<ffffffff80b1f49c>] free_frozen_pages+0xe/0x16 mm/page_alloc.c:2988
[<ffffffff8094ccee>] __folio_put+0x29a/0x454 mm/swap.c:112
[<ffffffff80993cbc>] folio_put include/linux/mm.h:2124 [inline]
[<ffffffff80993cbc>] folio_putback_lru+0xb8/0xde mm/vmscan.c:821
[<ffffffff80c49eae>] __collapse_huge_page_copy_succeeded mm/khugepaged.c:891 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c49eae>] __collapse_huge_page_copy mm/khugepaged.c:963 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c49eae>] collapse_huge_page+0x2dd4/0x4684 mm/khugepaged.c:1412
[<ffffffff80c503cc>] mthp_collapse mm/khugepaged.c:1523 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c503cc>] collapse_scan_pmd mm/khugepaged.c:1785 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c503cc>] collapse_single_pmd+0x3960/0x4b64 mm/khugepaged.c:2798
[<ffffffff80c52664>] collapse_scan_mm_slot mm/khugepaged.c:2913 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c52664>] khugepaged_do_scan mm/khugepaged.c:2993 [inline]
[<ffffffff80c52664>] khugepaged+0x1094/0x1786 mm/khugepaged.c:3048
[<ffffffff801f6df4>] kthread+0x312/0x438 kernel/kthread.c:436
[<ffffffff8006c352>] ret_from_fork_kernel+0x94/0xe74 arch/riscv/kernel/process.c:230
[<ffffffff865c0e42>] ret_from_fork_kernel_asm+0x16/0x18 arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S:368
Code: 0ba0 854a c0ef ff6f 8a2a bf9d 2097 ff89 80e7 0a80 (9002) 2097 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	0ba0                	addi	s0,sp,472
   2:	854a                	mv	a0,s2
   4:	ff6fc0ef          	jal	0xffffffffffffc7fa
   8:	8a2a                	mv	s4,a0
   a:	bf9d                	j	0xffffffffffffff80
   c:	ff892097          	auipc	ra,0xff892
  10:	0a8080e7          	jalr	168(ra) # 0xff8920b4
* 14:	9002                	ebreak <-- trapping instruction
  16:	9720                	.short	0x2097

Crashes (317):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/06 19:12 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/31 03:20 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/31 01:38 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/30 23:58 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/28 09:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/27 07:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/24 04:28 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/24 01:21 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/23 23:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/23 11:57 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/23 05:31 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/23 01:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/22 21:39 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/08/22 20:38 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 77ae27fd98f3 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 kernel BUG in __page_table_check_zero
2026/07/26 21:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 76e885f2b89d 492bab15 .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 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
2026/03/09 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.