general protection fault in software_node_register

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 18:41
Reported-by: syzbot+46e393fe0ffd5b550bca@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d13h, last: 19h37m
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 2 2d15h 2d17h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/04 14:45
android-6-12 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 1 2d19h 2d19h 0/1 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/04 13:06
upstream general protection fault in software_node_register acpi 8 syz, C 23 2d12h 1d09h 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 22:45
linux-6.6 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 4 2d06h 2d10h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 22:11
linux-6.1 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 4 2d06h 2d10h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 22:24

Sample crash report:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 PID: 4289 Comm: kworker/0:9 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
RIP: 0010:software_node_register+0x2c/0x1e0 drivers/base/swnode.c:957
Code: 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 50 48 89 fb 49 be 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e8 c3 e9 9c fc 4c 8d 63 08 4c 89 e0 48 c1 e8 03 48 89 04 24 <42> 80 3c 30 00 74 08 4c 89 e7 e8 65 0c e2 fc 49 8b 2c 24 48 85 ed
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034afa00 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88802ba75940
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900034afbd0 R08: ffff888074a4c47f R09: 1ffff1100e94988f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100e949890 R12: 0000000000000008
R13: ffff888140da1010 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b33724220 CR3: 000000007df62000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 device_add_software_node+0x19c/0x2f0 drivers/base/swnode.c:1045
 dwc3_pci_quirks drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c:263 [inline]
 dwc3_pci_probe+0x52a/0x970 drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c:328
 local_pci_probe+0xc5/0x150 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:323
 work_for_cpu_fn+0x50/0x80 kernel/workqueue.c:5217
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100e949890 R12: 0000000000000008
R13: ffff888140da1010 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b33724220 CR3: 000000002a64d000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	57                   	push   %rdi
   1:	41 56                	push   %r14
   3:	41 55                	push   %r13
   5:	41 54                	push   %r12
   7:	53                   	push   %rbx
   8:	50                   	push   %rax
   9:	48 89 fb             	mov    %rdi,%rbx
   c:	49 be 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%r14
  13:	fc ff df
  16:	e8 c3 e9 9c fc       	call   0xfc9ce9de
  1b:	4c 8d 63 08          	lea    0x8(%rbx),%r12
  1f:	4c 89 e0             	mov    %r12,%rax
  22:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
  26:	48 89 04 24          	mov    %rax,(%rsp)
* 2a:	42 80 3c 30 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r14,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	74 08                	je     0x39
  31:	4c 89 e7             	mov    %r12,%rdi
  34:	e8 65 0c e2 fc       	call   0xfce20c9e
  39:	49 8b 2c 24          	mov    (%r12),%rbp
  3d:	48 85 ed             	test   %rbp,%rbp

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/06 12:51 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 cd5b1963 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 18:42 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 18:41 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan general protection fault in software_node_register
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.