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WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+5033aaab8eff7ec95477@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 320d, last: 53m
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/06 upstream (ToT) 1f988d0788f5 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 456 10h41m 316d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
linux-6.1 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C inconclusive 1562 1h59m 322d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 C 35773 300d 324d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4504 at kernel/events/core.c:6688 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6688 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4504 at kernel/events/core.c:6688 perf_pending_task+0x358/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6800
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4504 Comm: syz.0.105 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6688 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x358/0x470 kernel/events/core.c:6800
Code: ff 84 db 75 14 e8 48 48 de ff 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 34 48 de ff e8 d7 90 65 ff eb e5 e8 28 48 de ff <0f> 0b e9 f3 fe ff ff e8 1c 48 de ff 48 c7 c7 20 44 3a 8c 4c 89 f6
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000359fd18 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff819aec68 RBX: ffff88802ad9a820 RCX: ffff888028a80000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffff888028a80a13 R09: 1ffff11005150142
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1005150143 R12: ffff888028a80000
R13: ffff888060976158 R14: ffff88802ad9a5f0 R15: 1ffff110055b34be
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffad1f02dac CR3: 000000000c08e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:33 [inline]
 do_exit+0x626/0x20c0 kernel/exit.c:883
 do_group_exit+0x12e/0x300 kernel/exit.c:997
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1008 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1006 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1006
 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: 0033:0x7ffad1c87dd9
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x7ffad1c87daf.
RSP: 002b:00007fff4105f428 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007ffad1c87dd9
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fff4105f48c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000927c0
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000058
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 000000000001525f R15: 00007fff4105f4e0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1450):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/04 19:24 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/01/16 13:06 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 02:36 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 02:35 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 00:34 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 22:58 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:19 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/30 14:25 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 fd2207e7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/10 16:14 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 09:18 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 08:28 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 07:16 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 02:55 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/24 07:53 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 20:12 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 19:27 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/23 18:15 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e1dd4f22 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/04 22:11 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e d869b261 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/15 17:14 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/15 15:44 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/15 09:07 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/15 02:27 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/15 01:13 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 21:30 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 17:59 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 16:54 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 15:32 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 12:50 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 09:27 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 07:47 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/14 04:52 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 20:20 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 16:54 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 12:45 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 08:02 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 05:53 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/13 04:10 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/12 22:47 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/12 14:53 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/12 10:37 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/12 02:27 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/12 01:04 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/11 23:33 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/11 11:40 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/11 09:46 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 845acb1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/11 02:57 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 23:58 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 17:18 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 11:06 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 10:39 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 07:08 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 06:06 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 04:16 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 02:49 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 01:21 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/10 00:03 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/09 17:21 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/09 15:08 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/09 06:33 linux-5.15.y de8dfb3f0278 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/08 23:22 linux-5.15.y 7e75ef31ddc9 b2988c17 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/07 20:25 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd cbf9e0fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/07 14:57 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd cbf9e0fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/07 05:07 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd f250db59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/06 18:25 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/06 14:05 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/06 08:48 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/06 06:13 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/29 10:29 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.