WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/06 20:15
Subsystems: trace
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+de3d7f9bcc9212f3fae1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d01h, last: 1d03h
✨ AI Patch Versions (1)
Version Stage Reported Report Link Job
1 moderation 2026/09/08 11:48 Discussion f119d7de-b21d-4d27-b61e-5503e31edccd
✨ AI Jobs (4)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
f119d7de patching WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3) 2026/09/08 10:00 2026/09/08 10:01 2026/09/08 11:48 680aa3e1
4853681e repro-c Reproduced: ✅ WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3) 2026/09/07 17:18 2026/09/07 17:20 2026/09/07 17:37 680aa3e1
7ab64cc6 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3) 2026/09/07 11:44 2026/09/07 11:45 2026/09/07 12:00 4f7b22a0
7616afee assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3) 2026/09/04 05:12 2026/09/04 05:12 2026/09/04 05:38 801f0966
Discussions (1)
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[syzbot] [trace?] WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (3) 0 (2) 2026/09/07 17:57
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (2) prio:low trace -1 49 148d 239d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/22 15:18
upstream WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader trace -1 5 249d 307d 29/29 fixed on 2026/01/07 12:29
Last patch testing requests (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/07 17:43 12m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157 report job log log
2026/09/07 17:18 12m nogikh@google.com git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157 no crash job log log
2026/09/07 12:00 14m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157 no crash job log log

Sample crash report:
Ring buffer [0] commit overrun lost 3 events at timestamp:71798603963
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!reader
WARNING: kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7998 at ring_buffer_map_get_reader+0x5f3/0x930 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7998, CPU#1: syz-executor388/6024
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6024 Comm: syz-executor388 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:ring_buffer_map_get_reader+0x5f3/0x930 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7998
Code: ff 48 89 df e8 be 22 fe ff 48 89 c5 e8 a6 88 fb ff 48 85 ed 0f 85 9f fc ff ff 4c 8b 74 24 58 4c 8b 7c 24 60 e8 8e 88 fb ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e8 85 88 fb ff 49 8d bf d0 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003977d98 EFLAGS: 00010093
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88801c0e5000 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: ffff8880333d4b00 RSI: ffffffff82108882 RDI: ffff8880333d4b00
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88801c0e50b0 R12: ffff88801c0e50b8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88801c0e5198 R15: ffff88801c0ab800
FS:  00007f337024b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d5c5d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000559c2c45caa0 CR3: 000000003dec3000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 tracing_buffers_ioctl+0x2e6/0x3d0 kernel/trace/trace.c:7381
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f3370a8136b
Code: 00 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 48 8d 44 24 60 c7 04 24 10 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 48 8d 44 24 20 48 89 44 24 10 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 1c 48 8b 44 24 18 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00
RSP: 002b:00007f337024b130 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f337024bcdc RCX: 00007f3370a8136b
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000005220 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 0000000000000021 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007f337024b6c0
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffffffffffffffd0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffc1cde9710 R15: 00007ffc1cde97f8
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/07 17:56 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git df2908090cda 74e93e68 .config console log report C ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader
2026/09/02 20:04 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in ring_buffer_map_get_reader
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.