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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxhPEt76ij9zBtdKf0qYwSjeXquGGkLHeArO5t1LhdTHOg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 09:58:00 +0100
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To: syzbot <syzbot+b74150fd2ef40e716ca2@...kaller.appspotmail.com>, 
	NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
	miklos@...redi.hu, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [overlayfs?] WARNING in fast_dput

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM syzbot
<syzbot+b74150fd2ef40e716ca2@...kaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit:    7d31f578f323 Add linux-next specific files for 20251128
> git tree:       linux-next
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=14db5f42580000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6336d8e94a7c517d
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b74150fd2ef40e716ca2
> compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8
> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=1780a112580000
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=10f6be92580000
>
> Downloadable assets:
> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/6b49d8ad90de/disk-7d31f578.raw.xz
> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/dbe2d4988ca7/vmlinux-7d31f578.xz
> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fc0448ab2411/bzImage-7d31f578.xz
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+b74150fd2ef40e716ca2@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: fs/dcache.c:829 at fast_dput+0x334/0x430 fs/dcache.c:829, CPU#1: syz.0.17/6053
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6053 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
> RIP: 0010:fast_dput+0x334/0x430 fs/dcache.c:829
> Code: e3 81 ff 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 41 0f b6 44 05 00 84 c0 0f 85 e2 00 00 00 41 80 0e 40 e9 fd fe ff ff e8 4d e3 81 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 ef fe ff ff 44 89 e6 81 e6 00 00 04 00 31 ff e8 74 e7
> RSP: 0018:ffffc90003407cd8 EFLAGS: 00010293
> RAX: ffffffff823fcfe3 RBX: ffff88806c44ac78 RCX: ffff88802e41bd00
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffff80 RDI: 0000000000000001
> RBP: 00000000ffffff80 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
> R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000680f8c R12: dffffc0000000000
> R13: 1ffff1100d889597 R14: ffff88806c44abc0 R15: ffff88806c44acb8
> FS:  00005555820e4500(0000) GS:ffff888125f4f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 0000001b31b63fff CR3: 0000000072c78000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  dput+0xe8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:924
>  __fput+0x68e/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:476
>  task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:233
>  resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
>  __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline]
>  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xff/0x4f0 kernel/entry/common.c:75
>  __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
>  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
>  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline]
>  syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline]
>  do_syscall_64+0x2e3/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> RIP: 0033:0x7f4966f8f749
> Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
> RSP: 002b:00007ffc01c51258 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000001a7a1 RCX: 00007f4966f8f749
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
> RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000201c5154f
> R10: 0000001b30f20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f49671e5fac
> R13: 00007f49671e5fa0 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0000000000000004
>  </TASK>
>

Any idea why this was tagged as overlayfs?
I do not see overlayfs anywhere in the repro, logs, or stack trace.

Neil thinks this might be already fixed upstream, but
given the recency of this report, I doubt it.

#syz test upstream master

Thanks,
Amir.