BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/08/21 09:50
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+c8acbc5a3fb5c52d587f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1123d, last: 12d
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit fb6f20ecb121cef4d7946f834a6ee867c4e21b4a
Author: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: Thu Oct 17 10:28:23 2024 +0000

  reiserfs: The last commit

  
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/20 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 29f02ec58a94 C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2023/08/29 upstream (ToT) 1c59d383390f C [report] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2024/12/20 upstream (ToT) 8faabc041a00 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end (2) fs 15 syz, C error done 40699 983d 1510d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/18 13:22
linux-5.15 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end missing-backport origin:lts-only 11 syz, C done 703 3d22h 1260d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/06 14:35
linux-4.19 general protection fault in do_journal_end reiserfs 2 syz, C error 3 1338d 1387d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/30 04:17
linux-6.6 KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end origin:lts-only 11 syz, C inconclusive 41 64d 408d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/05 01:55
linux-4.14 general protection fault in do_journal_end reiserfs 2 syz, C 2 1314d 1351d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/01/05 12:44
upstream KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end fs 11 1 1790d 1785d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/20 18:03
Fix bisection attempts (14)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/10/10 23:07 8h00m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2025/06/29 19:18 13m fix candidate upstream error job log
2025/05/30 08:22 33m fix candidate upstream error job log
2025/02/17 00:08 12m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/10/15 05:23 0m bisect fix linux-6.1.y error job log
2024/08/13 01:56 2h24m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/06/02 12:39 1h37m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/05/01 10:59 1h50m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/03/29 21:38 3h34m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/02/28 13:42 1h35m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/01/20 19:08 1h30m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/12/13 22:04 1h26m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/11/13 18:16 2h41m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/10/11 00:28 1h23m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000005
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000028-0x000000000000002f]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000006
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
  CM = 0, WnR = 0
[dfff800000000005] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4438 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : do_journal_end+0x12f4/0x3bc0 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:4096
lr : __getblk include/linux/buffer_head.h:411 [inline]
lr : do_journal_end+0x12e8/0x3bc0 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:4093
sp : ffff8000213475a0
x29: ffff8000213477d0 x28: ffff800021609000 x27: ffff0000cacac000
x26: ffff0000eb6f8017 x25: 0000000000000002 x24: ffff0000eb6f8017
x23: ffff0000eb6f8014 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000003
x20: 0000000000000012 x19: dfff800000000000 x18: 1fffe00033e7217e
x17: ffff80001539d000 x16: ffff8000082f2d54 x15: 0000000040000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1fffff80006e0376 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff00800008aa11ac x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff800008aa11ac
x8 : 0000000000000005 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff800008aa0f88
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000002 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 do_journal_end+0x12f4/0x3bc0 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:4096
 journal_end_sync+0x164/0x1c8 fs/reiserfs/journal.c:3539
 reiserfs_sync_fs+0xe0/0x170 fs/reiserfs/super.c:78
 sync_filesystem+0xe8/0x218 fs/sync.c:56
 generic_shutdown_super+0x74/0x32c fs/super.c:474
 kill_block_super+0x78/0xe0 fs/super.c:1481
 reiserfs_kill_sb+0x124/0x13c fs/reiserfs/super.c:570
 deactivate_locked_super+0xb4/0x128 fs/super.c:332
 deactivate_super+0xe4/0x104 fs/super.c:363
 cleanup_mnt+0x3a8/0x430 fs/namespace.c:1191
 __cleanup_mnt+0x20/0x30 fs/namespace.c:1198
 task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 do_notify_resume+0x20f8/0x2c84 arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c:1151
 prepare_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:137 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:142 [inline]
 el0_svc+0x98/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:638
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: 97f683f3 9100a008 aa0003f6 d343fd08 (38736908) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	97f683f3 	bl	0xffffffffffda0fcc
   4:	9100a008 	add	x8, x0, #0x28
   8:	aa0003f6 	mov	x22, x0
   c:	d343fd08 	lsr	x8, x8, #3
* 10:	38736908 	ldrb	w8, [x8, x19] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (950):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/05 20:32 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/05/03 09:15 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/05/03 08:32 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/09 23:21 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/04 01:27 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/04 00:45 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/03 23:57 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2025/12/11 11:52 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2025/09/18 19:04 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2023/08/21 09:50 linux-6.1.y 6c44e13dc284 d216d8a0 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1] [mounted in repro #2] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/09/05 18:10 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/16 18:03 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/16 03:52 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/15 17:57 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/15 12:37 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/15 06:42 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/15 06:22 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/06/22 05:17 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/06/08 04:04 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/05/24 11:52 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/05/24 11:51 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/04/12 21:44 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/28 08:22 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/28 06:43 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/28 05:37 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/28 04:32 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/20 18:33 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/20 07:35 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/20 07:31 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/19 19:43 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/18 04:15 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/17 07:23 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/16 08:14 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/16 00:29 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/15 17:39 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/15 11:48 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/15 00:58 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/14 05:56 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/13 22:12 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/13 01:35 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/12 22:10 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/12 20:14 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/12 12:35 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/12 01:23 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/11 12:34 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/11 06:20 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/10 17:42 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/10 15:48 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/10 08:26 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/10 05:30 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/10 01:31 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/09 22:36 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/09 21:20 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/09 19:59 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/01/09 16:27 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_journal_end
2026/07/15 19:59 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end
2025/12/23 16:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan KASAN: null-ptr-deref Read in do_journal_end
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.