WARNING in nft_socket_init

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/26 02:22
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+38ace3de1b2f0417c412@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 144d, last: 9d06h
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/07/17 linux-6.6.y (ToT) da47cbc25466 C [report] WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/07/17 upstream (ToT) fce2dfa773ce C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in nft_socket_init origin:lts-only -1 syz, C inconclusive 52 7d00h 144d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/26 02:12
upstream WARNING in nft_socket_init (2) netfilter -1 syz, C done 6 431d 449d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/09 01:14
upstream WARNING in nft_socket_init netfilter -1 syz, C done 14 623d 691d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/06 15:33
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/06/25 09:22 2h11m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5934 at net/netfilter/nft_socket.c:220 nft_socket_init+0x2ee/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nft_socket.c:220
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5934 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:nft_socket_init+0x2ee/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nft_socket.c:220
Code: 30 84 c0 0f 85 d8 00 00 00 41 88 2c 24 bd 08 00 00 00 e9 b2 fe ff ff 89 f3 e8 ce 65 a7 f8 89 d8 e9 5c ff ff ff e8 c2 65 a7 f8 <0f> 0b e9 4b ff ff ff 89 e9 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c 8e fd ff ff 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034771d8 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff88e0258e RBX: ffff888077148020 RCX: ffff88802c538000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: 00000000000000ff
RBP: 00000000000000ff R08: ffffffff8e8c316f R09: 1ffffffff1d1862d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d1862e R12: 0000000000000100
R13: ffff88802581a618 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff1100ee29004
FS:  000055555cb34500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000000200 CR3: 000000002eae2000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 nf_tables_newexpr net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:3259 [inline]
 nf_tables_newrule+0x176e/0x2870 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4092
 nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:519 [inline]
 nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:639 [inline]
 nfnetlink_rcv+0x1133/0x2490 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:657
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7b1/0x930 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x61b/0x980 net/socket.c:2595
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2649
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2685
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fdb0779e159
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:00007fffa6d22ef8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdb07a25fa0 RCX: 00007fdb0779e159
RDX: 0000000000044080 RSI: 00002000000002c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fdb0783506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fdb07a25fac R14: 00007fdb07a25fa0 R15: 00007fdb07a25fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (22):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/20 21:20 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 853b104b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 05:24 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 04:40 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 03:51 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 03:07 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/10/08 14:01 linux-6.6.y a91a6aa9253c 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/20 19:45 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/20 19:45 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/02 05:44 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/02 05:43 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/01 20:04 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/09/01 20:04 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/08/29 16:14 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/08/29 16:14 linux-6.6.y a4a971135a2f 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/08/17 08:37 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/08/17 08:37 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/07/31 19:29 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/07/31 19:29 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/06/29 21:42 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/06/29 21:42 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 02:24 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
2026/05/26 02:21 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING in nft_socket_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.