linux-kernel - [syzbot] [kvm?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kvm_gmem_get

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Message-ID: <696a546a.050a0220.58bed.0056.GAE@google.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:08:26 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+6f16df7b5a49f0e01b18@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: [syzbot] [kvm?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kvm_gmem_get_folio

Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    9b7977f9e39b Add linux-next specific files for 20260115
git tree:       linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10585522580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9c0b39f55c418575
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6f16df7b5a49f0e01b18
compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8

Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/32edced7b806/disk-9b7977f9.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/dec5450e284a/vmlinux-9b7977f9.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/65783c99fb65/bzImage-9b7977f9.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+6f16df7b5a49f0e01b18@...kaller.appspotmail.com

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffffc
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD e143067 P4D e143067 PUD e145067 PMD 0 
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10212 Comm: syz.7.1148 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:const_folio_flags include/linux/page-flags.h:351 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_head include/linux/page-flags.h:844 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_large include/linux/page-flags.h:865 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_order include/linux/mm.h:1248 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kvm_gmem_get_folio+0x12e/0x240 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:147
Code: 00 eb 0d e8 a4 85 80 00 4c 89 f7 e8 6c bc e3 00 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b2 5a e7 00 <4d> 8b 36 4c 89 f6 48 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 51 8a 80 00 49 83 e6 01 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900031a7cc8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 1fffffffffffffff RBX: fffffffffffffff4 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90013fee000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: 1ffff1100d33380f R08: ffff8880b8640dc3 R09: 1ffff110170c81b8
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c81b9 R12: ffff88806999c078
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: fffffffffffffffc R15: 0000000000111e97
FS:  00007fc8a8bb26c0(0000) GS:ffff8881259ad000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffffffffffffc CR3: 000000007db00000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000001
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kvm_gmem_allocate virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:276 [inline]
 kvm_gmem_fallocate+0x396/0x840 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:316
 vfs_fallocate+0x669/0x7e0 fs/open.c:340
 ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:364 [inline]
 __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:369 [inline]
 __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:367 [inline]
 __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:367
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc8a7d8f749
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:00007fc8a8bb2038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000011d
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc8a7fe6090 RCX: 00007fc8a7d8f749
RDX: 0000000100000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007fc8a7e13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc8a7fe6128 R14: 00007fc8a7fe6090 R15: 00007ffeb4d2dde8
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: fffffffffffffffc
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:const_folio_flags include/linux/page-flags.h:351 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_head include/linux/page-flags.h:844 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_large include/linux/page-flags.h:865 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_order include/linux/mm.h:1248 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kvm_gmem_get_folio+0x12e/0x240 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:147
Code: 00 eb 0d e8 a4 85 80 00 4c 89 f7 e8 6c bc e3 00 4c 8d 73 08 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b2 5a e7 00 <4d> 8b 36 4c 89 f6 48 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 51 8a 80 00 49 83 e6 01 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900031a7cc8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 1fffffffffffffff RBX: fffffffffffffff4 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90013fee000 RSI: 000000000007ffff RDI: 0000000000080000
RBP: 1ffff1100d33380f R08: ffff8880b8640dc3 R09: 1ffff110170c81b8
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c81b9 R12: ffff88806999c078
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: fffffffffffffffc R15: 0000000000111e97
FS:  00007fc8a8bb26c0(0000) GS:ffff8881259ad000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffffffffffffc CR3: 000000007db00000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000001
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 eb                	add    %ch,%bl
   2:	0d e8 a4 85 80       	or     $0x8085a4e8,%eax
   7:	00 4c 89 f7          	add    %cl,-0x9(%rcx,%rcx,4)
   b:	e8 6c bc e3 00       	call   0xe3bc7c
  10:	4c 8d 73 08          	lea    0x8(%rbx),%r14
  14:	4c 89 f0             	mov    %r14,%rax
  17:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
  1b:	42 80 3c 28 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r13,1)
  20:	74 08                	je     0x2a
  22:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  25:	e8 b2 5a e7 00       	call   0xe75adc
* 2a:	4d 8b 36             	mov    (%r14),%r14 <-- trapping instruction
  2d:	4c 89 f6             	mov    %r14,%rsi
  30:	48 83 e6 01          	and    $0x1,%rsi
  34:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
  36:	e8 51 8a 80 00       	call   0x808a8c
  3b:	49 83 e6 01          	and    $0x1,%r14
  3f:	0f                   	.byte 0xf


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