kernel BUG in register_netdevice

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/30 00:10
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+85ede281798faf736677@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 21d, last: 8h58m
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eef0730c repro 💥 kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:33 2377cd3d
8b56a131 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 01:32 492bab15
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[syzbot] [usb?] kernel BUG in register_netdevice 0 (2) 2026/08/15 03:17
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 19d 19d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/27 13:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 syz, C 5 52m 15d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/31 04:57
android-5-15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 2 16d 16d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/30 10:38
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 11d 11d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 17:51

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:11344!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 5914 Comm: syz.0.18 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:register_netdevice+0x1233/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11344
Code: 0f 0b e8 70 4c 7d f8 48 8d 3d d9 89 a4 07 ba 4b 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 00 0d 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 4e 4c 7d f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 46 4c 7d f8 90 0f 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 34
RSP: 0018:ffffc900047cf770 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 1ffff920008f9ef7 RCX: ffffffff898c728a
RDX: ffff888029578000 RSI: ffffffff898c8392 RDI: ffff888029578000
RBP: ffff88804d3c0000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffff88804d3c0f10 R14: ffff88804d3c1049 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888096de7000(0063) knlGS:0000000057fb4480
CS:  0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc6ffb06fb3 CR3: 0000000026f01000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 register_netdev+0x34/0x50 net/core/dev.c:11567
 gether_register_netdev+0x93/0x130 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c:873
 ncm_bind+0x2cf/0xee0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c:1470
 usb_add_function+0x219/0x890 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c:333
 configfs_composite_bind+0xd83/0x1960 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:1802
 gadget_bind_driver+0x28c/0xbf0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1662
 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
 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __driver_attach+0x21f/0x5b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
 bus_for_each_dev+0x13e/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
 bus_add_driver+0x305/0x5b0 drivers/base/bus.c:763
 driver_register+0x1e2/0x360 drivers/base/driver.c:174
 usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0x132/0x210 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1752
 gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x1b0/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:300
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 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_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
 __do_fast_syscall_32+0xe7/0x970 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307
 do_fast_syscall_32+0x32/0x70 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332
 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e
RIP: 0023:0xf705efec
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xf705efc2.
RSP: 002b:00000000fffb142c EFLAGS: 00000296 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000004
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000080001400
RDX: 000000000000000b RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x1233/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11344
Code: 0f 0b e8 70 4c 7d f8 48 8d 3d d9 89 a4 07 ba 4b 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 00 0d 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 4e 4c 7d f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 46 4c 7d f8 90 0f 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 34
RSP: 0018:ffffc900047cf770 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 1ffff920008f9ef7 RCX: ffffffff898c728a
RDX: ffff888029578000 RSI: ffffffff898c8392 RDI: ffff888029578000
RBP: ffff88804d3c0000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffff88804d3c0f10 R14: ffff88804d3c1049 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888096ee7000(0063) knlGS:0000000057fb4480
CS:  0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffdb20bb010 CR3: 0000000026f01000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0

Crashes (60):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/15 03:16 upstream a5161661ae99 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/15 02:16 upstream 2f1baf1fc892 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/15 00:48 upstream 2f1baf1fc892 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/14 00:35 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f a9ede23c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/09 03:18 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:26 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:25 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:23 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:23 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/04 02:04 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 19:21 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 03:07 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/02 21:54 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/27 23:35 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/25 14:08 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/15 06:44 upstream a5161661ae99 746171ee .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/13 16:27 upstream 3d6d817622b0 4d118901 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 05:26 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 18:39 upstream db2ddb871435 558388e4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 16:19 upstream db2ddb871435 558388e4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 01:01 upstream b643e495ae92 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/09 23:54 upstream b643e495ae92 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/09 00:29 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 23:38 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 23:27 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 17:24 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 05:07 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 05:01 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/15 13:44 upstream 15ef2f78c49d 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 06:59 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 17:39 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 15:58 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 15:57 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 21:32 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 18:29 linux-next 5e6de6a2b522 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/11 06:08 linux-next 3d08ff75a47a 039457bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 11:57 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 558388e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 01:02 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 13:11 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:13 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:13 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:12 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 03:39 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 13:50 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 08:37 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 01:39 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:45 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:41 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:40 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:37 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 22:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e2d5e23967d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.