WARNING in perf_pending_task

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/29 10:30
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+5033aaab8eff7ec95477@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 473d, last: 5h11m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/06 upstream (ToT) 1f988d0788f5 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C inconclusive 816 23h53m 470d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/03 08:45
linux-6.1 WARNING in perf_pending_task origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C inconclusive 3115 12m 475d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 13:50
upstream WARNING in perf_pending_task perf -1 syz, C 35773 454d 478d 29/29 fixed on 2025/09/04 16:57

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4509 at kernel/events/core.c:6698 perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6698 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4509 at kernel/events/core.c:6698 perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6810
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 4509 Comm: syz.0.70 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:perf_sigtrap kernel/events/core.c:6698 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_pending_task+0x353/0x480 kernel/events/core.c:6810
Code: e8 92 2d de ff 84 db 75 10 e8 29 2b de ff 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 19 2b de ff e8 dc 84 65 ff eb e9 e8 0d 2b de ff <0f> 0b 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 43 80 3c 2f 00 0f 85 0a ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000323f9e0 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff819af853 RBX: ffff88802ba269c8 RCX: ffff88807c039dc0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88802ba26798 R08: ffffffff8e6b282f R09: 1ffffffff1cd6505
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1cd6506 R12: ffff88807c039dc0
R13: ffff88807b398958 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff11005744cf3
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055a7c08f1a38 CR3: 0000000073631000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:33 [inline]
 do_exit+0x635/0x2110 kernel/exit.c:890
 do_group_exit+0x12c/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1004
 get_signal+0x7eb/0x12e0 kernel/signal.c:2913
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe6/0x12a0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:157 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:217
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x5/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:323
 exc_page_fault+0x88/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1499
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffffffffd6.
RSP: 002b:00002000000000c8 EFLAGS: 00010217
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007efdfedcbfa0 RCX: 00007efdfeb441d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007efdfebdb888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007efdfedcc038 R14: 00007efdfedcbfa0 R15: 00007fff750677f8
 </TASK>

Crashes (2397):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/11 12:47 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/09/06 11:59 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/08/09 21:13 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 07:54 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/27 03:07 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/05/04 19:24 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/01/16 13:06 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/21 02:36 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/12/18 02:35 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/28 00:34 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/27 22:58 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/11/14 16:19 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/10/30 14:25 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 fd2207e7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/10 16:14 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 09:18 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 08:28 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/09 07:16 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/09/07 02:55 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/24 07:53 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 20:12 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/08/19 19:27 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 254a27c1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/23 18:15 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e1dd4f22 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/07/04 22:11 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e d869b261 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/16 03:35 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/15 23:50 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/15 21:50 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/15 13:03 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/15 09:24 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/15 04:59 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/14 23:19 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/14 18:26 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/14 17:08 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/14 09:15 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/13 23:45 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/13 17:22 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/13 05:42 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/13 05:40 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/12 16:05 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/12 06:52 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/11 17:12 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/11 15:05 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/11 11:54 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/11 02:59 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/10 03:04 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/10 00:17 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/09 06:22 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/08 19:52 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/08 08:54 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/08 05:16 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/07 10:39 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/07 04:43 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/07 03:34 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/06 21:46 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/06 18:06 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/06 06:23 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/06 01:52 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/05 17:40 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f af63e995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/05 15:31 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f af63e995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/04 21:40 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/04 20:00 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/04 05:21 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/03 11:16 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 23:06 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 18:29 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 17:08 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 6d32eb1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 14:44 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 6d32eb1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 12:49 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 6d32eb1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 11:12 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 6d32eb1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/10/02 08:11 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 6d32eb1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
2025/06/29 10:29 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf WARNING in perf_pending_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.