[syzbot] [ext4?] general protection fault in __bh_submit
From: syzbot
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 23:51:55 EST
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 89c07d98716a Add linux-next specific files for 20260831
git tree: linux-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1540fe25580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=32e7f0dfdb3435a4
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=41453ea05ab61c075f1f
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=13c81b79580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/43759091bf91/disk-89c07d98.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/7c556aacad9a/vmlinux-89c07d98.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fa1ff3f317d0/bzImage-89c07d98.xz
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Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4943 Comm: jbd2/sda1-8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:const_folio_flags include/linux/page-flags.h:345 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_dropbehind include/linux/page-flags.h:601 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__bh_submit+0x22d/0x8d0 fs/buffer.c:1109
Code: c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 18 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 56 d6 d7 ff 48 89 5c 24 28 48 8b 1b 4c 8d 7b 08 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 34 d6 d7 ff 4d 8b 3f 4c 89 fe 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000e64f868 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff84b9a0d9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff888075d24660
RBP: 0000000000009801 R08: ffff888075d246bf R09: 1ffff1100eba48d7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100eba48d8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888075d24640 R14: ffff88807045fc40 R15: 0000000000000008
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124866000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f10e87e8008 CR3: 00000000603f2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x22a9/0x5cd0 fs/jbd2/commit.c:751
kjournald2+0x3bc/0x750 fs/jbd2/journal.c:200
kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:const_folio_flags include/linux/page-flags.h:345 [inline]
RIP: 0010:folio_test_dropbehind include/linux/page-flags.h:601 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__bh_submit+0x22d/0x8d0 fs/buffer.c:1109
Code: c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 18 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 56 d6 d7 ff 48 89 5c 24 28 48 8b 1b 4c 8d 7b 08 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 34 d6 d7 ff 4d 8b 3f 4c 89 fe 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000e64f868 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff84b9a0d9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff888075d24660
RBP: 0000000000009801 R08: ffff888075d246bf R09: 1ffff1100eba48d7
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100eba48d8 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888075d24640 R14: ffff88807045fc40 R15: 0000000000000008
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124866000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f10e952312d CR3: 000000007ff14000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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Code disassembly (best guess):
0: c1 e8 03 shr $0x3,%eax
3: 48 89 44 24 18 mov %rax,0x18(%rsp)
8: 42 80 3c 20 00 cmpb $0x0,(%rax,%r12,1)
d: 74 08 je 0x17
f: 48 89 df mov %rbx,%rdi
12: e8 56 d6 d7 ff call 0xffd7d66d
17: 48 89 5c 24 28 mov %rbx,0x28(%rsp)
1c: 48 8b 1b mov (%rbx),%rbx
1f: 4c 8d 7b 08 lea 0x8(%rbx),%r15
23: 4c 89 f8 mov %r15,%rax
26: 48 c1 e8 03 shr $0x3,%rax
* 2a: 42 80 3c 20 00 cmpb $0x0,(%rax,%r12,1) <-- trapping instruction
2f: 74 08 je 0x39
31: 4c 89 ff mov %r15,%rdi
34: e8 34 d6 d7 ff call 0xffd7d66d
39: 4d 8b 3f mov (%r15),%r15
3c: 4c 89 fe mov %r15,%rsi
3f: 48 rex.W
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