Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] memory leak in do_timer_create

From: syzbot

Date: Thu Nov 13 2025 - 23:56:06 EST


Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue:

Reported-by: syzbot+9c47ad18f978d4394986@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: syzbot+9c47ad18f978d4394986@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tested on:

commit: 6da43bbe Merge tag 'vfio-v6.18-rc6' of https://github...
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1429bc12580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=cb128cd5cb439809
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9c47ad18f978d4394986
compiler: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=13e408b4580000

Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.