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WARNING in kernfs_get (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/05/08 11:07
Subsystems: usb kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+2f44671e54488d20f0e6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 616d, last: 1d19h
Cause bisection: the issue happens on the oldest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: SYZFAIL: NL802154_CMD_SET_SHORT_ADDR failed (log)
Repro: syz .config
  
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[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/26 07:48
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[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (May 2025) 0 (1) 2025/05/21 14:55
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[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (Mar 2025) 0 (1) 2025/03/19 21:29
[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (Feb 2025) 0 (1) 2025/02/16 21:54
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[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (Oct 2024) 0 (1) 2024/10/15 10:07
[syzbot] Monthly kernfs report (Jul 2024) 0 (1) 2024/07/09 14:10
[syzbot] [kernfs?] WARNING in kernfs_get (5) 3 (8) 2024/05/16 14:52
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 WARNING in kernfs_get -1 C done 14 2311d 2451d 1/1 fixed on 2019/12/05 23:59
linux-6.6 WARNING in kernfs_get -1 6 141d 196d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/30 05:21
upstream WARNING in kernfs_get (2) kernfs -1 2 1931d 1949d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/25 03:55
linux-4.14 WARNING in kernfs_get -1 C done 17 2335d 2455d 1/1 fixed on 2019/12/07 19:24
upstream WARNING in kernfs_get (4) kernfs -1 syz error 3 1067d 1070d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/07 19:32
upstream WARNING in kernfs_get -1 C done 316 2350d 2679d 13/29 fixed on 2019/11/20 22:01
upstream WARNING in kernfs_get (3) kernfs -1 3 1496d 1500d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/04 06:25
android-414 WARNING in kernfs_get -1 syz 69 2314d 2466d 0/1 public: reported syz repro on 2019/04/10 15:44
Last patch testing requests (4)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/05/29 02:18 19m retest repro linux-next report log
2024/05/16 14:28 21m hdanton@sina.com patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git 26dd54d03cd9 OK log
2024/05/15 10:33 2h32m hdanton@sina.com patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git 26dd54d03cd9 OK log
2024/05/14 23:23 1h04m hdanton@sina.com patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git 26dd54d03cd9 report log

Sample crash report:
usb 5-1: Direct firmware load for ueagle-atm/eagleII.fw failed with error -2
usb 5-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ueagle-atm/eagleII.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 at kernfs_get+0x72/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537, CPU#1: kworker/1:20/6233
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6233 Comm: kworker/1:20 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
RIP: 0010:kernfs_get+0x72/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537
Code: e8 e3 9f 5d ff 48 89 df be 04 00 00 00 e8 e6 c2 c3 ff f0 ff 03 eb 05 e8 cc 9f 5d ff 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 bf 9f 5d ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d6 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c b6 48 89 df e8 e5
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000458f640 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82635641 RBX: ffff88814caf05a0 RCX: ffff88802bfd8000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff88814caf05a3 R09: 1ffff1102995e0b4
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed102995e0b5 R12: ffff888031ab4030
R13: 1ffff11006356807 R14: ffff888031ab4038 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125f21000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe9b2372a60 CR3: 00000000291f4000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:802 [inline]
 create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline]
 kobject_add_internal+0x72b/0xcc0 lib/kobject.c:240
 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline]
 kobject_add+0x155/0x220 lib/kobject.c:426
 device_add+0x408/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3627
 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline]
 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline]
 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2e4/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
 _request_firmware+0xfa4/0x1680 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware_work_func+0xaf/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1150
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>

Crashes (571):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/29 18:22 upstream 7839932417dd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/19 08:10 upstream 516471569089 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/06/24 03:19 upstream 78f4e737a53e 1a7fb460 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/05/02 02:41 upstream ebd297a2affa 51b137cd .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2024/12/24 10:41 upstream f07044dd0df0 444551c4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/03 21:20 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2024/05/14 15:44 linux-next 26dd54d03cd9 fdb4c10c .config console log report syz [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/06 20:53 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/05 20:03 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/05 17:08 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/05 09:33 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/31 08:31 upstream c8ebd433459b d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/30 08:16 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/29 13:47 upstream 7839932417dd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/28 01:09 upstream c53f467229a7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/27 11:44 upstream c53f467229a7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/26 16:58 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/26 13:16 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/23 04:57 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/22 00:21 upstream 765b233a9b94 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/19 17:11 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/15 22:58 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/15 15:19 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/15 14:36 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/11 00:07 upstream 0048fbb4011e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/10 14:54 upstream c9b47175e913 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/10 05:04 upstream c9b47175e913 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/08 13:54 upstream c2f2b01b74be d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/08 04:59 upstream 67a454e6b1c6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/07 22:43 upstream 67a454e6b1c6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/06 23:09 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/05 18:55 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/05 17:05 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/04 05:53 upstream a619fe35ab41 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/02 21:21 upstream 4a26e7032d7d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/02 00:27 upstream 1d18101a644e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/02 00:27 upstream 1d18101a644e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/30 19:26 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/30 15:49 upstream 6bda50f4333f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/29 06:40 upstream 6cf62f0174de d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/28 00:44 upstream 765e56e41a5a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/19 13:47 upstream 8b690556d8fe 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/17 23:42 upstream 6a23ae0a96a6 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2024/05/04 10:57 upstream 3d25a941ea50 610f2a54 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/18 04:18 upstream e7c375b18160 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/07/06 01:50 upstream a79a588fc176 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/29 13:17 upstream 19eef1d98eed d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/27 17:55 upstream 765e56e41a5a e8331348 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/02/18 22:13 net-next 4991b88c2514 c37c7249 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/08 15:46 linux-next fc4e91c639c0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2026/01/03 16:14 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/27 21:00 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/25 11:18 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/24 08:54 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/21 16:55 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/19 04:37 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/17 07:20 linux-next 12b95d29eb97 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/17 02:24 linux-next 4a5663c04bb6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/15 20:33 linux-next 4a5663c04bb6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/14 21:35 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/13 16:23 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/12 10:51 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/09 05:09 linux-next c75caf76ed86 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/12/04 16:10 linux-next bc04acf4aeca d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
2025/11/21 06:33 linux-next 88cbd8ac379c 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kernfs_get
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.