[Android 5.15] kernel BUG in ext4_mb_use_inode_pa

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Feb 21, 2026, 11:22:28 PM (6 hours ago) Feb 21
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syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 13d6d33696ef Merge 5.15.200 into android13-5.15-lts
git tree: android13-5.15-lts
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=13a44152580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=deffac0a782f1cb0
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=79def8a4693e93b11ce1
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=11f6d722580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=139c8006580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/49c205e65f10/disk-13d6d336.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/e3df4a3942b9/vmlinux-13d6d336.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ac1426590472/bzImage-13d6d336.xz
mounted in repro: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/74c6fcb6c842/mount_0.gz
fsck result: failed (log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/fsck.log?x=1150a55a580000)

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kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4374!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 1 PID: 519 Comm: syz.0.38 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x6d1/0x730 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4374
Code: 4c 89 ff e8 11 0b ca ff 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 be fa ff ff e8 ad dc 8a ff 0f 0b e8 a6 dc 8a ff 0f 0b e8 9f dc 8a ff <0f> 0b e8 98 dc 8a ff 0f 0b 48 8b 4d d0 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000b46a60 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81def061 RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: ffff88811ad9cf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000006 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffffc90000b46ae8 R08: ffff88811851e000 R09: 1ffff11026571a06
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1026571a07 R12: 1ffff11026571a0a
R13: ffff888132b8d050 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: 0000000000000006
FS: 00007f08f4b8f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000021000 CR3: 00000001134e4000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ext4_mb_use_preallocated+0xb3b/0xcf0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4472
ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x551/0x42c0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5779
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1722/0x61e0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4341
ext4_map_blocks+0x988/0x1b30 fs/ext4/inode.c:674
_ext4_get_block+0x1ea/0x540 fs/ext4/inode.c:817
ext4_get_block_unwritten+0x2a/0x40 fs/ext4/inode.c:848
ext4_block_write_begin+0x563/0x1160 fs/ext4/inode.c:1102
ext4_write_begin+0x65a/0x12e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:-1
ext4_da_write_begin+0x321/0xbf0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2988
generic_perform_write+0x2b7/0x690 mm/filemap.c:3870
ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x4ed/0x670 fs/ext4/file.c:270
ext4_file_write_iter+0x440/0x1540 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2212 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
vfs_write+0x835/0xfd0 fs/read_write.c:594
ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:701 [inline]
__do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:711 [inline]
__se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:708 [inline]
__x64_sys_pwrite64+0x197/0x220 fs/read_write.c:708
x64_sys_call+0xa6/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:19
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f08f4d2c629
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:00007f08f4b8f028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000012
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f08f4fa5fa0 RCX: 00007f08f4d2c629
RDX: 00000000200000c1 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f08f4dc2b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000009000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f08f4fa6038 R14: 00007f08f4fa5fa0 R15: 00007ffc49dca8e8
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace c69241bde114a50b ]---
RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x6d1/0x730 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4374
Code: 4c 89 ff e8 11 0b ca ff 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 be fa ff ff e8 ad dc 8a ff 0f 0b e8 a6 dc 8a ff 0f 0b e8 9f dc 8a ff <0f> 0b e8 98 dc 8a ff 0f 0b 48 8b 4d d0 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000b46a60 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81def061 RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: ffff88811ad9cf00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000006 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffffc90000b46ae8 R08: ffff88811851e000 R09: 1ffff11026571a06
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1026571a07 R12: 1ffff11026571a0a
R13: ffff888132b8d050 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: 0000000000000006
FS: 00007f08f4b8f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000021000 CR3: 00000001134e4000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400


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