general protection fault in software_node_register

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 22:45
Subsystems: acpi
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+665bae0a102933788e1a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 38d, last: 5d02h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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0f634eb4 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ general protection fault in software_node_register 2026/08/09 08:46 2026/08/09 08:46 2026/08/09 09:07 5d63f80b
54e01eb1 assessment-security 💥 general protection fault in software_node_register 2026/08/05 00:02 2026/08/05 00:02 2026/08/05 00:02 d4abbeac
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Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-1 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 3 25d 38d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/04 14:45
android-6-12 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 syz, C 5 6d09h 38d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 13:06
android-5-10 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 syz, C 4 4d20h 29d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/12 23:49
android-5-15 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 syz, C 1 12d 26d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/16 02:33
linux-6.6 general protection fault in software_node_register origin:upstream 2 syz, C 5 30d 37d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:11
linux-6.1 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 syz, C 9 24d 37d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:24
linux-5.15 general protection fault in software_node_register 2 syz, C 3 9d14h 38d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 18:41
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/06 17:49 16m retest repro upstream report job log log
2026/09/06 17:49 17m retest repro upstream report job log log

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5929 Comm: syz.0.17 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
RIP: 0010:software_node_register+0x2c/0x350 drivers/base/swnode.c:927
Code: 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 fc 55 4d 8d 7c 24 08 53 e8 05 75 ab fb 4c 89 fa 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 f2 02 00 00 4d 8b 74 24 08 4d 85 f6 0f 84 0e 02
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000388f840 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff865f109f
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff865efe7b RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff8880232ea000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: fffffffffffff000
R10: ffff888023173010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88803dd72010 R14: ffff8880232ea0d0 R15: 0000000000000008
FS:  000055558d1e6500(0000) GS:ffff8880d5bde000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b32724008 CR3: 0000000033cd3000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 device_add_software_node+0x35d/0x3f0 drivers/base/swnode.c:1015
 dwc3_pci_quirks drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c:311 [inline]
 dwc3_pci_probe+0x3cd/0xbf0 drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-pci.c:375
 local_pci_probe+0xdd/0x1b0 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:332
 pci_call_probe+0x176/0x800 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:394
 __pci_device_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:455 [inline]
 pci_device_probe+0x1cd/0x370 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:489
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x20e/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 device_driver_attach+0xd1/0x220 drivers/base/dd.c:1203
 bind_store+0xf4/0x190 drivers/base/bus.c:267
 drv_attr_store+0x74/0xb0 drivers/base/bus.c:125
 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f292fd9e0d9
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:00007ffee42dd548 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2930025fa0 RCX: 00007f292fd9e0d9
RDX: 000000000000000d RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f292fe35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2930025fac R14: 00007f2930025fa0 R15: 00007f2930025fa0
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:software_node_register+0x2c/0x350 drivers/base/swnode.c:927
Code: 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 fc 55 4d 8d 7c 24 08 53 e8 05 75 ab fb 4c 89 fa 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 f2 02 00 00 4d 8b 74 24 08 4d 85 f6 0f 84 0e 02
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000388f840 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff865f109f
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff865efe7b RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff8880232ea000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: fffffffffffff000
R10: ffff888023173010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88803dd72010 R14: ffff8880232ea0d0 R15: 0000000000000008
FS:  000055558d1e6500(0000) GS:ffff8880d5cde000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f292fc70000 CR3: 0000000033cd3000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
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Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped:
   0:	fa                   	cli
   1:	41 57                	push   %r15
   3:	41 56                	push   %r14
   5:	41 55                	push   %r13
   7:	41 54                	push   %r12
   9:	49 89 fc             	mov    %rdi,%r12
   c:	55                   	push   %rbp
   d:	4d 8d 7c 24 08       	lea    0x8(%r12),%r15
  12:	53                   	push   %rbx
  13:	e8 05 75 ab fb       	call   0xfbab751d
  18:	4c 89 fa             	mov    %r15,%rdx
  1b:	48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rax
  22:	fc ff df
  25:	48 c1 ea 03          	shr    $0x3,%rdx
* 29:	80 3c 02 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rdx,%rax,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2d:	0f 85 f2 02 00 00    	jne    0x325
  33:	4d 8b 74 24 08       	mov    0x8(%r12),%r14
  38:	4d 85 f6             	test   %r14,%r14
  3b:	0f                   	.byte 0xf
  3c:	84 0e                	test   %cl,(%rsi)
  3e:	02                   	.byte 0x2

Crashes (38):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/16 23:16 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/16 04:12 upstream 3eb40771c00a 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 16:15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 d4abbeac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/04 16:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 d4abbeac .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/23 16:36 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config strace log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 08:59 upstream 8d3ae59288f1 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 08:59 upstream 8d3ae59288f1 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 20:26 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 15:53 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 15:50 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 15:01 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 14:58 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 07:28 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 07:28 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:21 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:21 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:20 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:19 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:11 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:11 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 17:15 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 17:14 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 17:02 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 17:01 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 15:42 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 15:41 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/18 01:26 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 22:10 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 18:13 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/04 18:08 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce general protection fault in software_node_register
2026/08/17 13:36 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/17 13:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/17 12:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/17 12:46 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/17 10:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/17 10:51 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in software_node_register
2026/08/04 13:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 7235a3e71949 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 Internal error in software_node_register
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.