Re: [syzbot] [nvme?] BUG: corrupted list in nvmet_fc_remove_port

From: syzbot

Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 01:12:05 EST


Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
KASAN: user-memory-access Read in nvmet_fc_tgt_a_get

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BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in refcount_read include/linux/refcount.h:170 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __refcount_add_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:176 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:317 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:335 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in kref_get_unless_zero include/linux/kref.h:133 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in nvmet_fc_tgt_a_get+0x82/0x1d0 drivers/nvme/target/fc.c:1201
Read of size 4 at addr 000000000008c617 by task syz.2.87/6911

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6911 Comm: syz.2.87 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200
instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]
atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]
refcount_read include/linux/refcount.h:170 [inline]
__refcount_add_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:176 [inline]
__refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:317 [inline]
refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:335 [inline]
kref_get_unless_zero include/linux/kref.h:133 [inline]
nvmet_fc_tgt_a_get+0x82/0x1d0 drivers/nvme/target/fc.c:1201
__nvmet_fc_free_assocs+0x10c/0x380 drivers/nvme/target/fc.c:1488
nvmet_fc_remove_port+0x2a5/0x350 drivers/nvme/target/fc.c:2939
nvmet_disable_port+0x13e/0x1f0 drivers/nvme/target/core.c:400
nvmet_port_subsys_drop_link+0x1e8/0x210 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:1123
configfs_unlink+0x44f/0x6b0 fs/configfs/symlink.c:258
vfs_unlink+0x27b/0x6e0 fs/namei.c:5648
filename_unlinkat+0x3d3/0x610 fs/namei.c:5718
__do_sys_unlinkat fs/namei.c:5747 [inline]
__se_sys_unlinkat+0x83/0x1a0 fs/namei.c:5739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f1994b5e1d9
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:00007f199419d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000107
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1994de6090 RCX: 00007f1994b5e1d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000780 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f1994bf5888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1994de6128 R14: 00007f1994de6090 R15: 00007ffcd30e9a38
</TASK>
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Tested on:

commit: 58161ead Merge tag 'drm-fixes-2026-10-17' of https://g..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1492efd1580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=b38d39c45202f4fa
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c98b21427617af7f547a
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (1~deb13u4), Debian LLD 22.1.8
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=15d8320d580000