linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [net?] WARNING: refcount bug in ethnl_phy

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJBFiHzMPCXyDB4=MAvE0OY5izFUzHxb3cnRzTRr=M3yA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:08:36 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc: syzbot <syzbot+e9ed4e4368d450c8f9db@...kaller.appspotmail.com>, 
	christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [net?] WARNING: refcount bug in ethnl_phy_done

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:04 PM Maxime Chevallier
<maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 01:00:23 -0700
> syzbot <syzbot+e9ed4e4368d450c8f9db@...kaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > syzbot found the following issue on:
> >
> > HEAD commit:    a9b1fab3b69f Merge branch 'ionic-convert-rx-queue-buffers-..
> > git tree:       net-next
> > console+strace: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1193c49f980000
> > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=37742f4fda0d1b09
> > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e9ed4e4368d450c8f9db
> > compiler:       Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> > syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=14bb7bc7980000
> > C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=17b0a100580000
> >
> > Downloadable assets:
> > disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0459f959b12d/disk-a9b1fab3.raw.xz
> > vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/337f1be5353b/vmlinux-a9b1fab3.xz
> > kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/0e3701969c4a/bzImage-a9b1fab3.xz
> >
> > The issue was bisected to:
> >
> > commit 17194be4c8e1e82d8b484e58cdcb495c0714d1fd
> > Author: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
> > Date:   Wed Aug 21 15:10:01 2024 +0000
> >
> >     net: ethtool: Introduce a command to list PHYs on an interface
> >
> > bisection log:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=1034a49f980000
> > final oops:     https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=1234a49f980000
> > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1434a49f980000
> >
> > IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> > Reported-by: syzbot+e9ed4e4368d450c8f9db@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> > Fixes: 17194be4c8e1 ("net: ethtool: Introduce a command to list PHYs on an interface")
>
> I'm currently investigating this. I couldn't reproduce it though, even
> with the C reproducer, although this was on an arm64 box. I'll give it
> a try on x86_64 with the provided .config, see if I can figure out
> what's going on, as it looks like the ethnl_phy_start() doesn't get
> called.

Make sure to have in your .config

CONFIG_REF_TRACKER=y
CONFIG_NET_DEV_REFCNT_TRACKER=y
CONFIG_NET_NS_REFCNT_TRACKER=y