kernel BUG in register_netdevice

Status: premoderation: reported on 2026/07/27 13:16
Reported-by: syzbot+719a5738f3b8c6d40963@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d22h, last: 2d22h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 47m 46m 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/30 10:38
upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice usb prio:low -1 2 2d11h 11h14m 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/07/30 00:10

Sample crash report:
file system registered
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kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:9976!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 3831 Comm: syz.1.1119 Tainted: G        W         syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x138c/0x13a0 net/core/dev.c:9976
Code: ff 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 fe c1 38 c1 0f 8c 45 fd ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 b5 7e ff fd e9 38 fd ff ff e8 cb 09 c5 fd 0f 0b e8 c4 09 c5 fd <0f> 0b e8 bd 09 c5 fd 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000fef880 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff839f999c RBX: ffff88811a35c000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc900014fb000 RSI: 00000000000002be RDI: 00000000000002bf
RBP: ffffc90000fef978 R08: ffffffff86ad3067 R09: 1ffffffff0d5a60c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff0d5a60d R12: 1ffff1102346b89f
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: ffffffff86aca080
FS:  00007f7f008856c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2e51aff8 CR3: 000000010ae2f000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 register_netdev+0x3e/0x50 net/core/dev.c:10191
 gether_register_netdev+0x7f/0x120 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c:881
 ecm_bind+0x18c/0x8c0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ecm.c:708
 usb_add_function+0x2c1/0x820 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c:337
 configfs_composite_bind+0xa9c/0x13a0 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:1440
 udc_bind_to_driver+0x24e/0x6d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1573
 usb_gadget_probe_driver+0x1fc/0x380 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1639
 gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x217/0x330 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:321
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:251 [inline]
 configfs_write_file+0x320/0x3d0 fs/configfs/file.c:283
 vfs_write+0x344/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:603
 ksys_write+0x14a/0x260 fs/read_write.c:658
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:670 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:667 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x7b/0x90 fs/read_write.c:667
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7f7f01e2be99
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:00007f7f00885028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7f020b3fa0 RCX: 00007f7f01e2be99
RDX: 000000000000000b RSI: 0000200000000d00 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f7f01ec1eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7f020b4038 R14: 00007f7f020b3fa0 R15: 00007ffff928aae8
Modules linked in:
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RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x138c/0x13a0 net/core/dev.c:9976
Code: ff 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 fe c1 38 c1 0f 8c 45 fd ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 b5 7e ff fd e9 38 fd ff ff e8 cb 09 c5 fd 0f 0b e8 c4 09 c5 fd <0f> 0b e8 bd 09 c5 fd 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 55 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000fef880 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff839f999c RBX: ffff88811a35c000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc900014fb000 RSI: 00000000000002be RDI: 00000000000002bf
RBP: ffffc90000fef978 R08: ffffffff86ad3067 R09: 1ffffffff0d5a60c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff0d5a60d R12: 1ffff1102346b89f
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: ffffffff86aca080
FS:  00007f7f008856c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2e517ff8 CR3: 000000010ae2f000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/27 13:15 android13-5.10-lts 50b3a256e550 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-10 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.