kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/24 18:42
Reported-by: syzbot+4c25498cf4f5436c1c39@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d07h, last: 7m
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node kernel -1 syz, C error 16721 746d 775d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/03 15:25

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at drivers/android/binder.c:1330!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 305 Comm: syz-executor127 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:binder_get_ref_for_node_olocked drivers/android/binder.c:1330 [inline]
RIP: 0010:binder_inc_ref_for_node+0x10b3/0x11c0 drivers/android/binder.c:1642
Code: ff ff 48 89 df 41 89 f5 41 89 d7 41 89 ce e8 84 04 11 fe 44 89 f1 4c 8b 75 c8 44 89 fa 44 89 ee e9 a3 fe ff ff e8 1d 95 d1 fd <0f> 0b 65 8b 05 ac ee 69 7c 41 89 c5 c1 e8 06 48 8d 3c c5 a8 51 e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900009a7370 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff83982293 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888124508000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900009a7410 R08: ffff888107ddee3f R09: ffff888107ddee30
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1020fbbdc8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888107ddef28 R14: ffff888107ddef10 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556d6383c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000062b5d8 CR3: 0000000122746000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 binder_thread_write+0x1497/0x6fe0 drivers/android/binder.c:4239
 binder_ioctl_write_read+0x203/0x6700 drivers/android/binder.c:5579
 binder_ioctl+0x36c/0x1df0 drivers/android/binder.c:5905
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x121/0x1a0 fs/ioctl.c:860
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:860
 x64_sys_call+0x2f/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fbb6a4c3e09
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffda234bc58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007fbb6a4c3e09
RDX: 00002000000003c0 RSI: 00000000c0306201 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00000000000f4240 R08: 000055556d639670 R09: 000055556d639670
R10: 000055556d639670 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fbb6a52de0e
R13: 00007fbb6a52c0a7 R14: 00007ffda234bc70 R15: 00007ffda234bc80
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
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RIP: 0010:binder_get_ref_for_node_olocked drivers/android/binder.c:1330 [inline]
RIP: 0010:binder_inc_ref_for_node+0x10b3/0x11c0 drivers/android/binder.c:1642
Code: ff ff 48 89 df 41 89 f5 41 89 d7 41 89 ce e8 84 04 11 fe 44 89 f1 4c 8b 75 c8 44 89 fa 44 89 ee e9 a3 fe ff ff e8 1d 95 d1 fd <0f> 0b 65 8b 05 ac ee 69 7c 41 89 c5 c1 e8 06 48 8d 3c c5 a8 51 e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900009a7370 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff83982293 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888124508000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900009a7410 R08: ffff888107ddee3f R09: ffff888107ddee30
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1020fbbdc8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888107ddef28 R14: ffff888107ddef10 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556d6383c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000062b5d8 CR3: 0000000122746000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (583):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/24 18:33 android13-5.15-lts 2d18a4de3623 b55bd4c3 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/24 19:02 android13-5.15-lts 2d18a4de3623 b55bd4c3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/24 18:04 android13-5.15-lts 2d18a4de3623 b55bd4c3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 23:17 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 22:27 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 21:27 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 20:57 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 19:37 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 18:31 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 18:09 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 17:09 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 16:40 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 16:37 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 13:57 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 13:07 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 12:06 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 11:38 android13-5.15-lts 54850912d011 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 08:43 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 08:42 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 04:02 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/27 00:32 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 22:09 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 20:23 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 19:39 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 18:10 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 18:09 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 16:59 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 14:29 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 09:55 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 09:54 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 08:54 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 07:05 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 05:32 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 04:56 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 04:16 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 03:34 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/26 03:32 android13-5.15-lts 771777348d20 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 21:51 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 19:16 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 17:52 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 16:51 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 16:50 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 15:10 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 13:30 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
2026/08/25 10:56 android13-5.15-lts 0ebdd0175e37 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 kernel BUG in binder_inc_ref_for_node
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.