kernel BUG in put_mtd_device

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/09 18:57
Reported-by: syzbot+096edc3beb455034e7db@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d05h, last: 8d05h

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1314!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 6264 Comm: mtd_probe Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __put_mtd_device drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1314 [inline]
pc : put_mtd_device+0x17c/0x180 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1302
lr : __put_mtd_device drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1314 [inline]
lr : put_mtd_device+0x17c/0x180 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1302
sp : ffff8000237e7a00
x29: ffff8000237e7a00 x28: 1fffe0001b4e7404 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 0000000000002000 x25: 1fffe0001b4e7405 x24: 1fffe0001b4e7435
x23: dfff800000000000 x22: ffff0000d045a000 x21: dfff800000000000
x20: ffff0000e06ff628 x19: ffff0000d045a000 x18: 1fffe00033c1877e
x17: ffff80001641d000 x16: ffff800011bcac18 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1ffff000046fcef4 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff0080000c599f74 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff80000c599f74
x8 : ffff0000da2a5400 x7 : ffff80000c599e2c x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : ffff8000082d45f8
x2 : ffff0000da2a5400 x1 : ffff800012222f40 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 __put_mtd_device drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1314 [inline]
 put_mtd_device+0x17c/0x180 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1302
 mtdchar_close+0x100/0x174 drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c:102
 __fput+0x1b4/0x7b0 fs/file_table.c:320
 ____fput+0x20/0x30 fs/file_table.c:348
 task_work_run+0x1f4/0x280 kernel/task_work.c:203
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
 do_exit+0x54c/0x19ac kernel/exit.c:887
 do_group_exit+0x198/0x238 kernel/exit.c:1030
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1041 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1039 [inline]
 __wake_up_parent+0x0/0x60 kernel/exit.c:1039
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585
Code: 9118a260 970d7cea 17ffffda 96fc6aef (d4210000) 
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/09 18:56 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 kernel BUG in put_mtd_device
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.