kernel BUG in register_netdevice

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/30 00:10
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+85ede281798faf736677@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d08h, last: 42m
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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
reproducer did not crash
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 (1) 2026/07/30 00:10
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 5d09h 5d09h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/27 13:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 1d17h 1d17h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 04:57
android-5-15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 2 2d08h 2d12h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/30 10:38

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:11340!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7785 Comm: syz.5.435 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x1233/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11340
Code: 0f 0b e8 60 ff 7a f8 48 8d 3d 69 50 a2 07 ba 47 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 80 59 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 3e ff 7a f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 36 ff 7a f8 90 0f 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000271f7c8 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 0000000000027807 RBX: 1ffff920004e3f02 RCX: ffffc9000fd95000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff898f3fe2 RDI: ffff888044ca8000
RBP: ffff888067696000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff8880223b6000 R14: ffff888075d439b0 R15: ffff888067696000
FS:  00007f0b786416c0(0000) GS:ffff888123dde000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd3d259f88 CR3: 0000000074345000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 register_netdev+0x34/0x50 net/core/dev.c:11562
 gphonet_register_netdev drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:727 [inline]
 pn_bind+0x149/0x5b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:511
 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_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: 0033:0x7f0b7779de99
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:00007f0b78641028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f0b77a25fa0 RCX: 00007f0b7779de99
RDX: 000000000000000b RSI: 0000200000000380 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f0b77833eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f0b77a26038 R14: 00007f0b77a25fa0 R15: 00007ffceb9c2f78
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x1233/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11340
Code: 0f 0b e8 60 ff 7a f8 48 8d 3d 69 50 a2 07 ba 47 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 80 59 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 3e ff 7a f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 36 ff 7a f8 90 0f 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000271f7c8 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 0000000000027807 RBX: 1ffff920004e3f02 RCX: ffffc9000fd95000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff898f3fe2 RDI: ffff888044ca8000
RBP: ffff888067696000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff8880223b6000 R14: ffff888075d439b0 R15: ffff888067696000
FS:  00007f0b786416c0(0000) GS:ffff888123dde000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd1eb92fcc CR3: 0000000074345000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
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
2026/08/01 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
2026/08/01 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.