[syzbot] [trace?] WARNING in ring_buffer_nr_dirty_pages

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Mar 8, 2026, 11:18:26 PM (4 hours ago) Mar 8
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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: ecc64d2dc9ff Merge tag 'sysctl-7.00-fixes-rc3' of git://gi..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=109bf0ba580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=163cf0fb07ea84d3
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=855a87cfc76c52ce7a59
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44

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Invalid ELF header magic: != ELF
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read > cnt + 1
WARNING: kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:788 at ring_buffer_nr_dirty_pages+0x207/0x290 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:788, CPU#1: syz.1.4985/28848
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 28848 Comm: syz.1.4985 Tainted: G U L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [U]=USER, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:ring_buffer_nr_dirty_pages+0x207/0x290 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:788
Code: 83 c3 01 48 89 ee 48 89 df e8 95 24 fc ff 48 39 eb 72 11 31 db eb cc e8 67 2a fc ff 90 0f 0b 90 31 db eb bf e8 5a 2a fc ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 31 db eb b2 4c 89 e7 e8 4a af 67 00 e9 f8 fe ff ff 4c 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc900052875c0 EFLAGS: 00010087
RAX: 000000000000014d RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffc90007725000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff820be6e6 RDI: ffff88805e5f0000
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88813fea5000 R14: ffff88813fe5a4b0 R15: ffff88813fea5000
FS: 00007f8292df66c0(0000) GS:ffff88812444e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2e2ebff8 CR3: 00000000621de000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
full_hit kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:810 [inline]
rb_watermark_hit+0x1f5/0x300 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:907
ring_buffer_poll_wait+0x2b2/0x490 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:1064
trace_poll kernel/trace/trace.c:5895 [inline]
tracing_buffers_poll+0x1cf/0x250 kernel/trace/trace.c:7841
vfs_poll include/linux/poll.h:82 [inline]
select_poll_one fs/select.c:480 [inline]
do_select+0xd54/0x1850 fs/select.c:536
core_sys_select+0x55b/0xbb0 fs/select.c:677
kern_select+0x20c/0x270 fs/select.c:718
__do_sys_select fs/select.c:725 [inline]
__se_sys_select fs/select.c:722 [inline]
__x64_sys_select+0xbd/0x160 fs/select.c:722
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8294b9c799
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:00007f8292df6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000017
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8294e15fa0 RCX: 00007f8294b9c799
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000000000000000e
RBP: 00007f8294c32bd9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00002000000002c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8294e16038 R14: 00007f8294e15fa0 R15: 00007ffe7dd14a88
</TASK>


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