WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 00:39
Reported-by: syzbot+e1c4510f831b4711ffae@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d00h, last: 1d14h
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C 7 22h26m 2d00h 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 00:18
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (3) net -1 syz, C error inconclusive 20 1128d 1151d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/09 02:33
linux-5.15 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C 107 662d 747d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 04:54
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (4) net -1 syz, C 387 657d 704d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:57
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 syz, C done 16774 1262d 1476d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 14:17
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (2) net -1 syz, C 76 1190d 1262d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
upstream WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit (5) net -1 syz, C 41 601d 600d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/06 15:33
linux-6.1 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit -1 43 662d 762d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 04:13

Sample crash report:
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skb_assert_len
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4453 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4453 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 __dev_queue_xmit+0x19f0/0x3154 net/core/dev.c:4286
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4453 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 62400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 [inline]
pc : __dev_queue_xmit+0x19f0/0x3154 net/core/dev.c:4286
lr : skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 [inline]
lr : __dev_queue_xmit+0x19f0/0x3154 net/core/dev.c:4286
sp : ffff800020c775c0
x29: ffff800020c77780 x28: ffff70000418eec8 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 1fffe0001aa0b842 x25: ffff0000d93c0000 x24: ffff0000e0e2a664
x23: 1fffe0001aa0b82a x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000d505c150
x20: ffff800017d5e000 x19: ffff0000d505c140 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff800011b90080 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1fffe00033e769a3 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff00800008195f70 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 73b33f2ef9c3ac00
x8 : 73b33f2ef9c3ac00 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffff800020c77058 x4 : ffff800015464e80 x3 : ffff800008540904
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000100000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2570 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x19f0/0x3154 net/core/dev.c:4286
 dev_queue_xmit+0x24/0x34 include/linux/netdevice.h:3051
 tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2936 [inline]
 packet_sendmsg+0x1b14/0x40ac net/packet/af_packet.c:3162
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x324/0x440 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_sendto+0xe4/0x104 net/socket.c:2161
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
irq event stamp: 2554
hardirqs last  enabled at (2553): [<ffff80000831388c>] __up_console_sem+0xb4/0xfc kernel/printk/printk.c:261
hardirqs last disabled at (2554): [<ffff800011b8c2bc>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x80 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:405
softirqs last  enabled at (2520): [<ffff800008031254>] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32
softirqs last disabled at (2518): [<ffff800008031220>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
skb len=0 headroom=144 headlen=0 tailroom=560
mac=(144,0) net=(144,-1) trans=-1
shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=0 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0))
csum(0x0 ip_summed=0 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)
hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x0010 pkttype=0 iif=0
dev name=wg0 feat=0x00000106401d5829
sk family=17 type=2 proto=0

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/08 01:52 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 01:16 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 10:16 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:38 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
2026/08/08 00:38 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.