general protection fault in do_getname_kernel

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 22:44
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+2f6a3b7dc3b442ef515c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d08h, last: 5m
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a6b6389c assessment-security 💥 general protection fault in do_getname_kernel 2026/08/05 00:08 2026/08/05 00:08 2026/08/05 00:08 d4abbeac
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[syzbot] [fs?] general protection fault in do_getname_kernel 1 (2) 2026/08/06 09:04

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5608 Comm: syz-executor162 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x29/0x70 lib/string.c:402
Code: 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fb 49 89 c7 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 75 11 48 ff c3 49 8d 47 01 42 80 7c 3f 01 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043ef978 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88803cd4dd00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900043efab8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f5f467 R12: 1ffff9200087df40
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffffffffffff
FS:  0000555563612400(0000) GS:ffff888125d3e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000563591bce000 CR3: 0000000046a98000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:218 [inline]
 do_getname_kernel+0x1d/0x230 fs/namei.c:260
 class_filename_kernel_constructor include/linux/fs.h:2565 [inline]
 filp_open+0x87/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1342
 nvmet_file_ns_enable+0x74/0x360 drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c:41
 nvmet_ns_enable+0xaa/0x780 drivers/nvme/target/core.c:596
 nvmet_ns_enable_store+0xd7/0x170 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:735
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x33a/0x430 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x61e/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x156/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb41977f689
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe221a7f98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 00007fb41977f689
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000580 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 6769666e6f632f2e R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffe221a8108
R13: 0000200000000008 R14: 00007fb419812c40 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x29/0x70 lib/string.c:402
Code: 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fb 49 89 c7 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 75 11 48 ff c3 49 8d 47 01 42 80 7c 3f 01 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043ef978 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88803cd4dd00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900043efab8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f5f467 R12: 1ffff9200087df40
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffffffffffffff
FS:  0000555563612400(0000) GS:ffff888125d3e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000563591bce000 CR3: 0000000046a98000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	90                   	nop
   1:	f3 0f 1e fa          	endbr64
   5:	41 57                	push   %r15
   7:	41 56                	push   %r14
   9:	41 54                	push   %r12
   b:	53                   	push   %rbx
   c:	48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff 	mov    $0xffffffffffffffff,%rax
  13:	49 be 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%r14
  1a:	fc ff df
  1d:	48 89 fb             	mov    %rdi,%rbx
  20:	49 89 c7             	mov    %rax,%r15
  23:	48 89 d8             	mov    %rbx,%rax
  26:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
* 2a:	42 0f b6 04 30       	movzbl (%rax,%r14,1),%eax <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	84 c0                	test   %al,%al
  31:	75 11                	jne    0x44
  33:	48 ff c3             	inc    %rbx
  36:	49 8d 47 01          	lea    0x1(%r15),%rax
  3a:	42 80 7c 3f 01 00    	cmpb   $0x0,0x1(%rdi,%r15,1)

Crashes (100):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 21:31 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 19:08 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/09 20:33 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 16:31 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 12:31 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 07:36 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 05:34 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 05:33 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 05:32 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 05:29 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 05:29 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 17:11 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 13:12 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 10:42 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 10:30 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 10:09 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 10:08 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 09:06 upstream c21bb4193868 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 08:56 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 20:01 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 16:36 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 16:06 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 15:56 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 15:54 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 15:30 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 14:41 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 14:40 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 14:37 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 14:36 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 13:48 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 13:46 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/09 19:00 upstream b643e495ae92 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/09 14:32 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/09 08:54 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/09 00:11 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 15:54 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 11:37 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 08:00 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 04:57 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 02:08 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/08 00:12 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 22:03 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 13:33 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 10:15 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 09:09 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 06:42 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 05:31 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 02:40 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 22:55 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 21:26 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd cc56899a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 19:29 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd cc56899a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 19:29 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd cc56899a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 09:52 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 08:51 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 03:28 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 11:11 upstream c21bb4193868 1eed00d1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 01:44 upstream 562bfb501c54 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/04 21:41 upstream 562bfb501c54 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 04:01 upstream 562bfb501c54 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 03:16 upstream 562bfb501c54 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 02:52 upstream 562bfb501c54 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 03:56 linux-next 1701fda2f58e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 13:40 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce general protection fault in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/06 17:34 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 18:03 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/05 12:53 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in do_getname_kernel
2026/08/07 07:42 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm32 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in do_getname_kernel
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.