WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/09/09 00:10
Subsystems: wireless
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+b4aa2b672b18f1d4dc5f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 87840d4a3a21 wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb], missing on: [ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root]
First crash: 768d, last: 17h40m
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Fix bisection: fixed by (bisect log) :
commit d67ca09ca39f9605459959004b28c56899e3bca3
Author: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Sep 2 06:55:58 2025 +0000

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[PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping 2 (2) 2026/09/08 13:46
[syzbot] [wireless?] WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) 0 (3) 2025/11/03 23:28
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list wireless -1 syz, C inconclusive error 3489 858d 2210d 26/29 fixed on 2024/06/18 10:18
upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) wireless -1 4 837d 839d 26/29 fixed on 2024/08/06 11:02
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list origin:lts-only -1 syz error 5 814d 919d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/29 16:41
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) -1 1 562d 562d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/08 17:04
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (4) -1 2 42d 42d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/31 22:17
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) -1 1 153d 153d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/20 18:34
linux-6.6 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list -1 2 50d 145d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/05/21 13:48
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (3) -1 1 457d 457d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/21 12:19
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list -1 1 802d 802d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/09 19:50
linux-6.1 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (2) -1 1 377d 377d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/09 12:28
linux-5.15 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list (4) -1 1 33d 33d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/09/09 22:09
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/12/11 01:02 19m retest repro upstream no crash log
2025/11/27 06:56 26m retest repro net no crash log
2025/10/26 13:30 25m retest repro net-next no crash log
2025/10/02 00:32 20m retest repro upstream report log
2025/09/17 23:58 26m retest repro net report log
2025/08/17 12:03 26m retest repro net-next report log
2025/07/21 15:18 18m retest repro upstream report log
2025/05/26 00:00 28m retest repro net-next report log
2025/05/10 07:29 18m retest repro upstream report log
2025/01/19 11:08 15m retest repro upstream report log

Sample crash report:
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!local->started
WARNING: net/mac80211/rx.c:5601 at ieee80211_rx_list+0x2bd9/0x3b00 net/mac80211/rx.c:5601, CPU#1: pr/ttyS0/16
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: pr/ttyS0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_rx_list+0x2bd9/0x3b00 net/mac80211/rx.c:5601
Code: 90 e9 84 e9 ff ff e8 f6 ce 68 f6 e9 7a e9 ff ff e8 ec ce 68 f6 e9 70 e9 ff ff e8 e2 ce 68 f6 e9 66 e9 ff ff e8 d8 ce 68 f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 58 e9 ff ff e8 ca ce 68 f6 48 c7 44 24 50 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a18b40 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8b5f4198 RBX: ffff88808a09175d RCX: ffff88801eef8000
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffffc90000a18db0 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88807f54cc80 R14: ffff88808a0932a8 R15: ffff88808a090fa0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123bbf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f15489deff8 CR3: 000000000fb48000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x1ad/0x3d0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5749
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:5449 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0xe4/0x1d0 net/mac80211/main.c:452
 tasklet_action_common+0x2d7/0x490 kernel/softirq.c:961
 handle_softirqs+0x226/0x860 kernel/softirq.c:645
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:679 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:519 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xcb/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:758
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:775
 instr_sysvec_call_function_single arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:267 [inline]
 sysvec_call_function_single+0xa3/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:267
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_call_function_single+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:681
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:211 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x47/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:221
Code: f7 e8 7d a0 b8 f5 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 05 e8 70 ef e4 f5 9c 58 a9 00 02 00 00 75 29 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> b4 9d a9 f5 65 48 8b 05 0c a0 aa 08 48 85 c0 74 18 5b 41 5e e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000157ca8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 0000000000000292 RCX: 8000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8e46978f RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90000157e18 R08: ffffffff917a727f R09: 1ffffffff22f4e4f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22f4e50 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffff88801eef8000 R14: ffffffff9bd4be20 R15: dffffc0000000000
 nbcon_emit_one kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1165 [inline]
 nbcon_kthread_func+0x6c4/0x880 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	f7 e8                	imul   %eax
   2:	7d a0                	jge    0xffffffa4
   4:	b8 f5 f7 c3 00       	mov    $0xc3f7f5,%eax
   9:	02 00                	add    (%rax),%al
   b:	00 74 05 e8          	add    %dh,-0x18(%rbp,%rax,1)
   f:	70 ef                	jo     0x0
  11:	e4 f5                	in     $0xf5,%al
  13:	9c                   	pushf
  14:	58                   	pop    %rax
  15:	a9 00 02 00 00       	test   $0x200,%eax
  1a:	75 29                	jne    0x45
  1c:	f7 c3 00 02 00 00    	test   $0x200,%ebx
  22:	74 01                	je     0x25
  24:	fb                   	sti
  25:	bf 01 00 00 00       	mov    $0x1,%edi
* 2a:	e8 b4 9d a9 f5       	call   0xf5a99de3 <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	65 48 8b 05 0c a0 aa 	mov    %gs:0x8aaa00c(%rip),%rax        # 0x8aaa043
  36:	08
  37:	48 85 c0             	test   %rax,%rax
  3a:	74 18                	je     0x54
  3c:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  3d:	41 5e                	pop    %r14
  3f:	e9                   	.byte 0xe9

Crashes (58):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/13 00:19 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/10/12 19:15 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/10/07 10:20 upstream 602042bf29f6 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/08/05 10:16 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/04/01 10:48 upstream dbf00d8d23b4 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/03/26 17:48 upstream 0138af2472df fca8d360 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/03/06 05:10 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/12/25 22:57 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/02/25 16:15 upstream d082ecbc71e9 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/12/21 08:31 upstream 499551201b5f d7f584ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/12/01 00:58 upstream c4bb3a2d641c 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/11/18 12:45 upstream adc218676eef 571351cb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/11/14 09:44 upstream 0a9b9d17f3a7 a8c99394 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/10/08 23:40 upstream 5b7c893ed5ed 402f1df0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/09/16 01:32 upstream d42f7708e27c 08d8a733 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/07/07 18:14 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/09/03 06:44 upstream e6b9dce0aeeb 091ba174 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/04/21 08:51 upstream ac71fabf1567 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/07/04 21:05 upstream 1e9cdc2ea15a fcece630 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/01/05 11:05 upstream ab75170520d4 f3558dbf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/01/05 08:28 upstream ab75170520d4 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/01/02 21:26 upstream 0bc21e701a6f d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/08/30 20:41 upstream 11e7861d680c 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/06/09 17:51 upstream 19272b37aa4f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/06/07 20:45 upstream bdc7f8c5adad 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/05/11 16:38 upstream 3ce9925823c7 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/04/17 06:25 upstream cfb2e2c57aef a95239b1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/28 09:27 upstream 4fa118e5b79f 6c09fb82 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/09/03 23:31 net c5142df58d5a 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/08/24 11:20 net ec79003c5f9d bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/08/23 20:33 net ec79003c5f9d bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/08/03 05:05 net 1dbf1d590d10 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/07/28 13:36 net afd8c2c9e2e2 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/07/07 15:13 net b9fd9888a565 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/04/26 07:03 net 49ba1ca2e0cc c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/04/10 12:19 net 29d261466fa6 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/12 16:09 net d2b9d97e89c7 ee70e6db .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/02/23 04:05 net 28b04731a38c d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/02/15 06:47 net 054e61bb1de4 40a34ec9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/12/04 08:29 net af8edaeddbc5 b50eb251 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/09/04 19:17 net b6ecc6620376 9d47f20a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/09/30 04:06 net-next 6e23f90f2b8c 7808aef4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/09/27 15:17 net-next 014d795c7383 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/07/10 09:19 net-next fe3e786ef4eb 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/12/26 10:00 net-next 7b8e9264f55a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/07/28 18:55 net-next fa582ca7e187 c4a95487 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/23 18:12 net-next bfc17c165835 4e8d3850 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/07 13:09 net-next 865eddcf0afb 7e3bd60d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/07 13:07 net-next 865eddcf0afb 7e3bd60d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/03/03 12:39 net-next f77f12010f67 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2025/02/23 11:46 net-next b66e19dcf684 d34966d1 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/11/14 21:50 net-next a71c69f51d11 77f3eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2024/10/17 05:15 net-next 6d858708d465 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/04/14 14:17 linux-next 1c7cc4904160 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/03/19 21:50 linux-next 8e42d2514a7e bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/03/17 08:39 linux-next 95c541ddfb08 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/10/12 23:06 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 01850bca59c9 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
2026/08/04 16:27 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in ieee80211_rx_list
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.