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WARNING in init_timer_key

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/10/26 17:15
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+eab3060d1b11d3caa138@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 459d, last: 5d19h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/06 linux-6.1.y (ToT) e4d90d63d385 C [report] WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/12/06 upstream (ToT) b8f52214c61a C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in init_timer_key wireless -1 C done 2 1711d 1818d 20/29 fixed on 2021/11/10 00:50
upstream WARNING in init_timer_key (2) batman -1 1 1180d 1180d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/02/17 17:35
linux-5.15 WARNING in init_timer_key origin:lts-only -1 C error 18 4d04h 382d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/01/11 14:11
Fix bisection attempts (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/05/10 13:52 3h17m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log
2025/03/14 16:22 12h42m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/12/10 14:37 4h55m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
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ODEBUG: init active (active state 0) object type: timer_list hint: 0x0
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6081 at lib/debugobjects.c:518 debug_print_object lib/debugobjects.c:515 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6081 at lib/debugobjects.c:518 __debug_object_init+0x31a/0x450 lib/debugobjects.c:643
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 6081 Comm: syz.0.1575 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:debug_print_object lib/debugobjects.c:515 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__debug_object_init+0x31a/0x450 lib/debugobjects.c:643
Code: 08 4c 89 ef e8 b7 24 be fd 4d 8b 45 00 48 c7 c7 80 15 df 8a 48 c7 c6 e0 13 df 8a 4c 89 e2 8b 4c 24 0c 4d 89 f9 e8 f6 ab 38 fd <0f> 0b 4c 8b 7c 24 18 4c 8b 34 24 ff 05 2d bf 0a 0a 41 83 fe 03 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004537400 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 89b6340584b05600 RBX: ffff8880773b9a28 RCX: ffff88801d35d940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffff8880b8e279db R09: 1ffff110171c4f3b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c4f3c R12: ffffffff8adf16e0
R13: ffffffff8a8def40 R14: ffffffff8adf15f8 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000555556683500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555566969b8 CR3: 000000002887e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 debug_timer_init kernel/time/timer.c:777 [inline]
 debug_init kernel/time/timer.c:825 [inline]
 init_timer_key+0x3e/0x320 kernel/time/timer.c:869
 ieee80211_ibss_setup_sdata+0x3a/0x170 net/mac80211/ibss.c:1731
 ieee80211_setup_sdata+0x86a/0xc20 net/mac80211/iface.c:1852
 ieee80211_runtime_change_iftype net/mac80211/iface.c:1968 [inline]
 ieee80211_if_change_type+0x5dc/0xa50 net/mac80211/iface.c:1990
 ieee80211_change_iface+0x58/0x4c0 net/mac80211/cfg.c:217
 rdev_change_virtual_intf net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:74 [inline]
 cfg80211_change_iface+0x7e6/0xf80 net/wireless/util.c:1209
 nl80211_set_interface+0x5ea/0x840 net/wireless/nl80211.c:4240
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22a/0x330 net/netlink/genetlink.c:756
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:833 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x604/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:850
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1fb/0x450 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:861
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ad/0xbd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x497/0x650 net/socket.c:2152
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2164 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2160 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2160
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f998995b58e
Code: 08 0f 85 a5 a8 ff ff 49 89 fb 48 89 f0 48 89 d7 48 89 ce 4c 89 c2 4d 89 ca 4c 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b 4c 24 10 4c 89 5c 24 08 0f 05 <c3> 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 08
RSP: 002b:00007ffc255f4dd8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000555556683500 RCX: 00007f998995b58e
RDX: 0000000000000024 RSI: 00007ffc255f4fd0 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffc255f4e54 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000005
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffc255f4fd0 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/23 08:14 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 82c9c083 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/12/05 23:26 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 29f61fce .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2026/01/23 01:10 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/12/11 16:53 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 ff949d25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/12/05 14:22 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 29f61fce .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/11/12 07:34 linux-6.1.y d7039b844a1c 75bb1b32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/11/11 19:12 linux-6.1.y d7039b844a1c 0c4b1325 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/10/26 17:15 linux-6.1.y 7ec6f9fa3d97 65e8686b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2024/10/26 17:15 linux-6.1.y 7ec6f9fa3d97 65e8686b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in init_timer_key
2026/01/23 08:35 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 WARNING in init_timer_key
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.