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Subject: [syzbot] [netfilter?] WARNING in nf_flow_offload_gc_step
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:51:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ae61c88.6552420f.2a0efc.0003.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: d135ab453a74 Merge tag 'backlight-next-7.4' of git://git.k..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=13a51259580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6f2905533069b0f5
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e1a88d8b7e4cf6b51d85
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=14020995580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=100c4f0d580000
Downloadable assets:
disk image (non-bootable): https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d900f083ada3/non_bootable_disk-d135ab45.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/6c39e8158fba/vmlinux-d135ab45.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/7fb9f97c1f88/bzImage-d135ab45.xz
AI-generated root cause summary:
In the Netfilter flowtable subsystem, nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout() only
accounts for IPPROTO_UDP and IPPROTO_TCP when refreshing conntrack timeouts
during garbage collection. However, both tc act_ct and nftables flow offload
support offloading IPPROTO_GRE connections to the flowtable. When the garbage
collector checks an offloaded GRE connection whose timeout has dropped below
min_timeout, the missing case in nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout() triggers the
default: WARN_ON_ONCE(1) branch. In a production kernel without panic_on_warn,
the warning does not crash the system and no memory corruption occurs.
full analysis: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/ai_root_cause?x=e1a88d8b7e4cf6b51d85
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Reported-by: syzbot+e1a88d8b7e4cf6b51d85@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
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WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:553 at nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:553 [inline], CPU#2: kworker/2:2/1358
WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:553 at nf_flow_offload_gc_step+0xd84/0xf60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:593, CPU#2: kworker/2:2/1358
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1358 Comm: kworker/2:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events_power_efficient nf_flow_offload_work_gc
RIP: 0010:nf_flow_table_extend_ct_timeout net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:553 [inline]
RIP: 0010:nf_flow_offload_gc_step+0xd84/0xf60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:593
Code: f8 e9 82 fd ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 28 e1 6a f8 e9 12 fc ff ff 48 c7 c7 80 f2 c0 8f e8 17 e1 6a f8 e9 ae fc ff ff e8 1d cb f1 f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 41 be 01 00 00 00 e9 7d fc ff ff e8 09 cb f1 f7 48 8b 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000618fa88 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88803e161380 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88802c392580 RSI: ffffffff8a1c51f3 RDI: ffff88802c392580
RBP: ffff88803e161488 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000011
R10: 000000000000002f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff92000c31f56
R13: ffff88803818f868 R14: 000000000000002f R15: ffffffff8fc0f280
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d469c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000012000 CR3: 000000002f277000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nf_flow_table_iterate net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:459 [inline]
nf_flow_table_gc_run net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:616 [inline]
nf_flow_offload_work_gc+0x11e/0x1e0 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c:624
process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3495
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3578 [inline]
worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3659
kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
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