[syzbot] [bridge?] WARNING in br_multicast_del_pg

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Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: c89477ad7944 inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop..
git tree: net
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15f73a5a580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=e3161cabe5a361ff
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d5d1b7343531d17bd3c5
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8

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

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/277c818ebac6/disk-c89477ad.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d4e6f0388a87/vmlinux-c89477ad.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/14eabb9cbd91/bzImage-c89477ad.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+d5d1b7...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

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n == 0
WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec_one net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec net/bridge/br_multicast.c:771 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_del_pg+0x1bbe/0x1e20 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:825, CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 22043 Comm: syz.4.4607 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
RIP: 0010:br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec_one net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 [inline]
RIP: 0010:br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec net/bridge/br_multicast.c:771 [inline]
RIP: 0010:br_multicast_del_pg+0x1bbe/0x1e20 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:825
Code: 41 5f 5d e9 04 7a 48 f7 e8 3f 73 5c f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 cf fd ff ff e8 31 73 5c f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 16 fd ff ff e8 23 73 5c f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 60 fd ff ff e8 15 73 5c f7 eb 05 e8 0e 73 5c f7 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c207220 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8a68042d RBX: ffff88807c6f1800 RCX: ffff888066e90000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888066e90000 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 000000000000000c R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880303ef800
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888050eb11c4 R15: 1ffff1100a1d6238
FS: 00007fa45921b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881256f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa4591f9ff8 CR3: 0000000081df2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
br_mdb_flush_pgs net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1525 [inline]
br_mdb_flush net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1544 [inline]
br_mdb_del_bulk+0x5e2/0xb20 net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1561
rtnl_mdb_del+0x48a/0x640 net/core/rtnetlink.c:-1
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x77e/0xbe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6967
netlink_rcv_skb+0x232/0x4b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x80f/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xa68/0xad0 net/socket.c:2592
___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2646
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2683 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2681 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1bd/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2681
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fa45839aeb9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fa45921b028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa458615fa0 RCX: 00007fa45839aeb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fa458408c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa458616038 R14: 00007fa458615fa0 R15: 00007fff0b59fae8
</TASK>


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[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 07:36:27PM -0800, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit: c89477ad7944 inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop..
> git tree: net
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15f73a5a580000
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=e3161cabe5a361ff
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d5d1b7343531d17bd3c5
> compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
>
> Downloadable assets:
> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/277c818ebac6/disk-c89477ad.raw.xz
> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d4e6f0388a87/vmlinux-c89477ad.xz
> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/14eabb9cbd91/bzImage-c89477ad.xz
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+d5d1b7...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> n == 0
> WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec_one net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
> WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec net/bridge/br_multicast.c:771 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
> WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_del_pg+0x1bbe/0x1e20 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:825, CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043
> Modules linked in:

I have an idea how this could happen, I'll prepare a fix.

Cheers,
Nik