BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/01 13:41
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+b303d032edd8f655572c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 334d, last: 5h49m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/02/01 android14-6.1 (ToT) 478ca7133d0e C [report] BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/01 lts (merge base) e50b81c50fcb C Didn't crash
2026/02/01 upstream (ToT) 162b42445b58 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) origin:downstream 8 syz, C 164 2d21h 236d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/26 16:31
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill fs 8 syz, C 35 3073d 3093d 5/29 fixed on 2018/05/08 18:30
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 syz, C 11 497d 906d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 11:32
linux-4.19 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 2346d 2346d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/15 07:34
android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 628d 628d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/30 08:49
android-5-10 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 syz, C inconclusive 593 15h01m 906d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 10:55
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) fs 8 syz, C done 4945 2473d 2473d 15/29 fixed on 2020/02/18 14:31
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 2 516d 586d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/20 02:58
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 1265d 1265d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/01 17:00
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 2 771d 798d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/07 13:03
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/08 02:06 4m retest repro android14-6.1 error job log
2026/09/08 02:06 5m retest repro android14-6.1 error job log
2026/09/08 02:06 5m retest repro android14-6.1 error job log
2026/09/08 02:06 5m retest repro android14-6.1 error job log
2026/09/08 02:06 3m retest repro android14-6.1 error job log

Sample crash report:
RBP: 00007fe492e32d6f R08: 0000200000000180 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe493016038 R14: 00007fe493015fa0 R15: 00007ffdcc491f18
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
overlayfs: failed to create directory ./bus/work (errno: 17); mounting read-only
list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff888116e5d800, but was ffff888116da20a0. (prev=ffff888123c685e0)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:61!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 1398 Comm: syz.6.349 Tainted: G        W          syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10f/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: e8 9e 51 89 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 60 93 ca 85 48 89 de e8 8d 51 89 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 c0 93 ca 85 48 89 de 4c 89 f9 e8 79 51 89 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 40 94 ca 85 48 89 de 4c 89 f1 e8 65 51 89 02 0f 0b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004117c60 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000000006d RBX: ffff888116e5d800 RCX: 98327435e80eaf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004117c80 R08: ffffc90004117847 R09: 1ffff92000822f08
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000822f09 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888116da20a0 R15: ffff888123c685e0
FS:  00007fe493d206c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe492dea540 CR3: 0000000131007000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:134 [inline]
 dentry_unlist fs/dcache.c:554 [inline]
 __dentry_kill+0x25d/0x670 fs/dcache.c:607
 dentry_kill+0xc0/0x2a0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0x42/0x80 fs/dcache.c:918
 __fput+0x5be/0x8f0 fs/file_table.c:328
 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:348
 task_work_run+0x1e1/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9b/0xb0 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x87/0xd0 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fe492d9ce59
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:00007fe493d20028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fe493015fa0 RCX: 00007fe492d9ce59
RDX: 0000200000000b80 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fe492e32d6f R08: 0000200000000180 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe493016038 R14: 00007fe493015fa0 R15: 00007ffdcc491f18
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10f/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: e8 9e 51 89 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 60 93 ca 85 48 89 de e8 8d 51 89 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 c0 93 ca 85 48 89 de 4c 89 f9 e8 79 51 89 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 40 94 ca 85 48 89 de 4c 89 f1 e8 65 51 89 02 0f 0b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004117c60 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000000006d RBX: ffff888116e5d800 RCX: 98327435e80eaf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004117c80 R08: ffffc90004117847 R09: 1ffff92000822f08
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000822f09 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888116da20a0 R15: ffff888123c685e0
FS:  00007fe493d206c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe492dea540 CR3: 0000000131007000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (131):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/06 11:25 android14-6.1 d73749230104 cc095639 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/04 09:40 android14-6.1 775f23d50ca8 42b01fab .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/01 13:38 android14-6.1 478ca7133d0e 6b8752f2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/05/08 08:00 android14-6.1 2f67b6088692 5633175a .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 07:27 android14-6.1 7790109d9d13 303e2802 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/19 13:57 android14-6.1 8cef8b5b11b7 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/19 03:50 android14-6.1 8cef8b5b11b7 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/14 03:12 android14-6.1 6308d6d3f1b1 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/13 22:42 android14-6.1 6308d6d3f1b1 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/13 13:40 android14-6.1 6308d6d3f1b1 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/13 05:08 android14-6.1 6308d6d3f1b1 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/10 21:17 android14-6.1 945be0af8244 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/09/10 12:48 android14-6.1 945be0af8244 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/24 03:45 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/23 21:26 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/23 05:41 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/22 07:17 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/21 18:30 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/21 15:32 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/21 09:55 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/20 11:07 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/19 22:59 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/19 21:58 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/19 16:10 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/16 18:24 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/13 09:38 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/12 17:55 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/08 03:33 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/07 06:30 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/06 22:02 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/08/03 02:49 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/30 06:19 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/29 19:39 android14-6.1 92668decd5e0 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/21 06:24 android14-6.1 72b456bf57ad de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/19 19:23 android14-6.1 c7e15f0bdc49 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/17 15:08 android14-6.1 c7e15f0bdc49 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/15 00:32 android14-6.1 e69716042404 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/12 16:09 android14-6.1 21b931853e8d d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/12 07:21 android14-6.1 21b931853e8d d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/11 13:59 android14-6.1 21b931853e8d d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/10 09:51 android14-6.1 52939c41021c 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/06 09:12 android14-6.1 cf4093a4ac64 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/04 13:36 android14-6.1 cf4093a4ac64 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/07/03 19:13 android14-6.1 cf4093a4ac64 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/06/22 00:10 android14-6.1 72813af230c7 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/06/14 17:41 android14-6.1 f17c14b8ada7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/06/14 12:28 android14-6.1 f17c14b8ada7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/22 04:03 android14-6.1 c298d33764cb 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.