WARNING in cpuset_attach

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/26 08:40
Reported-by: syzbot+a9c22a6b1b9aa40b1152@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d21h, last: 6d21h
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in cpuset_attach cgroups -1 syz, C error 20922 1468d 1469d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:51

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1335 at kernel/cpu.c:346 lockdep_assert_cpus_held+0xa0/0xf0 kernel/cpu.c:346
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 1335 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events cpuset_hotplug_workfn
RIP: 0010:lockdep_assert_cpus_held+0xa0/0xf0 kernel/cpu.c:346
Code: ff e8 34 6a 78 08 89 c3 31 ff 89 c6 e8 99 26 31 00 85 db 74 10 e8 30 23 31 00 eb 05 e8 29 23 31 00 5b 41 5e c3 e8 20 23 31 00 <0f> 0b eb f3 48 c7 c1 c0 e2 8a 8d 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 6d
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005467708 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8147dc80 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888022c1bb80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900054677c8 R08: ffffffff901ef0d7 R09: 1ffffffff203de1a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203de1b R12: ffff8880744ee000
R13: ffffc90005467760 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc90005467920
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000556b6e755c50 CR3: 0000000078f5b000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 cpuset_attach+0x9f/0x610 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2352
 cgroup_migrate_execute+0x7ee/0xff0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2598
 cgroup_transfer_tasks+0x45d/0x810 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:144
 remove_tasks_in_empty_cpuset kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:3119 [inline]
 hotplug_update_tasks_legacy kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:3160 [inline]
 cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:3297 [inline]
 cpuset_hotplug_workfn+0x15b8/0x1850 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:3400
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/26 08:40 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in cpuset_attach
2026/08/26 08:40 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in cpuset_attach
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.