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BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/26 16:31
Bug presence: origin:downstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+503ce1dbeb93ad221be6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 131d, last: 16h51m
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/01/26 android13-5.15-lts (ToT) fd7f3945989f C [report] BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/26 lts (merge base) 278455a82245 C Didn't crash
2026/01/26 upstream (ToT) fcb70a56f4d8 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill fs 8 C 35 2911d 2931d 5/29 fixed on 2018/05/08 18:30
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 C 11 335d 744d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 11:32
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (3) origin:downstream 8 C 43 3h40m 68d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/01 13:41
linux-4.19 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 2184d 2184d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/15 07:34
android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 466d 466d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/30 08:49
android-5-10 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 C inconclusive 326 13h24m 744d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/27 10:55
upstream BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) fs 8 C done 4945 2311d 2311d 15/29 fixed on 2020/02/18 14:31
android-6-1 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill (2) 8 2 354d 424d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/20 02:58
android-54 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill 8 1 1102d 1102d 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 609d 636d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/07 13:03

Sample crash report:
overlayfs: failed to create directory ./bus/work (errno: 17); mounting read-only
list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff888111cbb2b0, but was ffff888111cbbd60
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kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:61!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 3292 Comm: syz.2.972 Tainted: G        W         syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10c/0x120 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 89 de e8 f6 bd 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 40 a4 63 85 48 89 de e8 e5 bd 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 a0 a4 63 85 48 89 de e8 d4 bd 56 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 00 a5 63 85 48 89 de e8 c3 bd 56 02 0f 0b 00 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001b6f9c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff888111cbb2b0 RCX: 92efc65946622200
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90001b6f9e0 R08: ffff8881f7132f3f R09: 1ffff1103ee265e7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed103ee265e8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888111cbbd60 R15: ffff888111cd3e60
FS:  00007fa06038c6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001000 CR3: 0000000120319000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:132 [inline]
 dentry_unlist fs/dcache.c:529 [inline]
 __dentry_kill+0x24c/0x650 fs/dcache.c:582
 dentry_kill+0xc0/0x2a0 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0x47/0x90 fs/dcache.c:893
 __fput+0x580/0x8b0 fs/file_table.c:319
 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:339
 task_work_run+0x127/0x190 kernel/task_work.c:188
 get_signal+0x13fb/0x1480 kernel/signal.c:2679
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xdf/0x11c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa7/0xe0 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x87/0xd0 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fa06054a819
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:00007fa06038c028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fa0607c4090 RCX: 00007fa06054a819
RDX: 0000200000000b80 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007fa0605e0c91 R08: 0000200000000a80 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa0607c4128 R14: 00007fa0607c4090 R15: 00007ffc0e3c8928
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 85ebacb8f0c4ddd8 ]---
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x10c/0x120 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 89 de e8 f6 bd 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 40 a4 63 85 48 89 de e8 e5 bd 56 02 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 a0 a4 63 85 48 89 de e8 d4 bd 56 02 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 00 a5 63 85 48 89 de e8 c3 bd 56 02 0f 0b 00 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001b6f9c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff888111cbb2b0 RCX: 92efc65946622200
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90001b6f9e0 R08: ffff8881f7132f3f R09: 1ffff1103ee265e7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed103ee265e8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888111cbbd60 R15: ffff888111cd3e60
FS:  00007fa06038c6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001000 CR3: 0000000120319000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (57):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/06 09:36 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/31 03:08 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d d0af506e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/26 16:25 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d a4c52dd6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/06 15:09 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/29 21:29 android13-5.15-lts 7e1070528954 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/09 23:28 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/07 18:13 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/06 16:39 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/06 11:12 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/04/05 10:03 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/30 03:29 android13-5.15-lts 7fad219d720d b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/25 04:45 android13-5.15-lts 60dba25bf158 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/22 17:12 android13-5.15-lts 60dba25bf158 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/19 04:29 android13-5.15-lts 60dba25bf158 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/09 19:58 android13-5.15-lts 60dba25bf158 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/09 05:10 android13-5.15-lts 4fc7ded323e3 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/07 18:52 android13-5.15-lts f55534477be4 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/07 11:56 android13-5.15-lts f55534477be4 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/06 07:20 android13-5.15-lts e714749f59d3 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/04 02:56 android13-5.15-lts e714749f59d3 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/03/03 09:02 android13-5.15-lts e714749f59d3 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/28 23:20 android13-5.15-lts e714749f59d3 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/23 01:55 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/22 19:50 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/22 14:59 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/22 13:35 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/20 17:45 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/18 13:55 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/18 04:43 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/18 00:16 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/16 04:55 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/15 16:08 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/15 13:35 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/15 07:29 android13-5.15-lts 13d6d33696ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/08 19:14 android13-5.15-lts b5b90d209864 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/02/08 17:38 android13-5.15-lts b5b90d209864 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/28 20:47 android13-5.15-lts 7e1070528954 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/24 08:12 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/24 05:11 android13-5.15-lts 00b50d06692d 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/22 02:00 android13-5.15-lts a3d96b0467db 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/18 06:58 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/11 08:17 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/10 01:39 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/09 23:50 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/07 16:20 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/05 03:08 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/04 09:26 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/02 12:02 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2026/01/01 02:38 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/23 07:04 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/18 22:34 android13-5.15-lts 050dc55b0457 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/15 00:59 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/12 07:20 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/12/03 00:09 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
2025/11/30 10:38 android13-5.15-lts 057fdbf6d3c7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15 BUG: corrupted list in __dentry_kill
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.