WARNING in ring_buffer_read_page

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/08 20:08
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+b68a3375cf039ac37051@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d07h, last: 4d07h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
04c74514 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in ring_buffer_read_page 2026/08/09 00:29 2026/08/09 00:29 2026/08/09 01:18 5d63f80b
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[syzbot] WARNING in ring_buffer_read_page 0 (1) 2026/08/08 20:08

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5957 at __rb_get_reader_page+0xe70/0x1450 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5957, CPU#1: syz-executor422/6023
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6023 Comm: syz-executor422 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:__rb_get_reader_page+0xe70/0x1450 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5957
Code: ff df 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 12 04 00 00 48 8b 43 10 be 04 00 00 00 48 8d 68 08 48 89 ef e8 75 ea 6b 00 f0 ff 45 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 1c f9 ff ff 4c 8b 74 24 60 e8 1e 65 fc ff 48 8b 54 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000370fa20 EFLAGS: 00010006
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff88801cade000 RCX: ffffffff820c7a2b
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff88813fe62008
RBP: ffff88813fe62008 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1027fcc401
R10: ffff88813fe6200b R11: ffff88801cade0a8 R12: ffff88801f75d980
R13: ffffed1003eebb32 R14: 0000000000000ff0 R15: ffff88801f75d990
FS:  00007effc71086c0(0000) GS:ffff888123fe4000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007effc7106000 CR3: 0000000076748000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rb_get_reader_page kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5981 [inline]
 ring_buffer_read_page+0x8ed/0x1710 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7103
 tracing_buffers_read+0x2bf/0xaf0 kernel/trace/trace.c:7125
 vfs_read+0x1e4/0xb40 fs/read_write.c:572
 ksys_read+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:716
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x10b/0x830 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7effc8166cde
Code: 08 0f 85 f5 e2 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> 90 41 57 41 56 4d 89 c6 41 55 4d 89 cd 41 54 55 53 48 83 ec 08
RSP: 002b:00007effc7104198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007effc71086c0 RCX: 00007effc8166cde
RDX: 0000000000004000 RSI: 00007effc7104200 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007effc7104200 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007effc81e0b20
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffdeadf5850 R15: 00007ffdeadf5938
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/07 09:33 upstream f9a2394a2348 c69befb3 .config console log report C ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in ring_buffer_read_page
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.