WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/08/09 15:45
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+8f06445357a052a92657@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 719d, last: 2d00h
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268cddb5 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) 2026/05/26 07:21 2026/05/26 07:21 2026/05/26 08:21 c69befb3

			
		
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[syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) 0 (1) 2024/08/09 15:45
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs usb fs -1 C error error 3432 831d 1969d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/24 11:12
linux-5.15 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs missing-backport origin:upstream -1 C error 292 1d04h 1217d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 17:15
linux-6.6 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 572 18h30m 403d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 10:18
linux-6.1 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C error 256 1d11h 1217d 3/3 fixed on 2026/07/24 15:33

Sample crash report:
dvb-usb: found a 'TerraTec Cinergy S USB' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
usb 2-1: Direct firmware load for dvb-usb-dw2102.fw failed with error -2
usb 2-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: dvb-usb-dw2102.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
ret
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 at fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline], CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5359
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 at firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x755/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238, CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5359
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5359 Comm: kworker/1:3 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/13/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline]
RIP: 0010:firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x755/0xa40 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
Code: 99 fb e9 48 fc ff ff e8 89 f9 99 fb c6 05 98 94 14 0a 01 48 c7 c7 40 30 76 8c e8 26 47 fb fa e9 70 fc ff ff e8 6c f9 99 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 40 31 76 8c 4c 89 e2 e8 c6 bf ff fa e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003676980 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff862c7814 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc9001922f000 RSI: 000000000005573a RDI: 000000000005573b
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff905788f7 R09: 1ffffffff20af11e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20af11f R12: ffffffff8cc35100
R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff8880286050b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125054000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000404030 CR3: 00000000363ca000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 _request_firmware+0x1049/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware+0x36/0x50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:948
 dvb_usb_download_firmware+0xb5/0x270 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c:93
 dvb_usb_device_init+0xddf/0x2570 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:298
 dw2102_probe+0x2c/0x270 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c:2590
 usb_probe_interface+0x653/0xc60 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3772
 usb_set_configuration+0x1ad8/0x2180 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2268
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c3/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3772
 usb_new_device+0x99d/0x1620 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x28e8/0x4d30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (272):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/23 17:25 upstream 4539944e5151 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/22 16:46 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/22 08:21 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/14 08:24 upstream 0f26556c5eee 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/13 21:35 upstream 0f26556c5eee a870962e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/09 17:52 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/06 08:19 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/05 20:31 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/02 16:04 upstream 4a50a141f05a 2b70b115 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/28 07:20 upstream 780d569e6c4b fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/26 09:40 upstream 4edcdefd4083 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/26 03:42 upstream 962528fef902 432fd51a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/25 16:38 upstream ab9de95c9cf9 432fd51a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/24 19:26 upstream 840ef6c78e6a c1da772e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/24 01:53 upstream f31c00c377cc 042555ff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/23 09:30 upstream 502d801f0ab0 4b1d8f01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/21 17:15 upstream 390d73adf896 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/20 16:18 upstream 1a3746ccbb0a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/19 14:32 upstream 8c13415c8a43 d7ffd47b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/18 14:17 upstream e771677c937d a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/17 05:30 upstream 6b5a2b7d9bc1 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/17 01:32 upstream 6b5a2b7d9bc1 0e4b3e40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/15 21:16 upstream 0e0611827f33 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/11 16:17 upstream 9716c086c8e8 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/03 18:21 upstream ba3e43a9e601 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/03 08:33 upstream ba3e43a9e601 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/02 21:07 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/02 06:31 upstream e43ffb69e043 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/30 17:24 upstream f5e5d3509bff 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/30 16:02 upstream f5e5d3509bff 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/26 17:23 upstream e8c2f9fdadee a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/26 14:22 upstream e8c2f9fdadee a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/23 00:31 upstream cca95436be15 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/22 11:15 upstream 6779b50faa56 e16cf9f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/20 18:48 upstream 27fa82620cba 62fb93a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/14 21:11 upstream 66182ca873a4 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/14 15:17 upstream e1914add2799 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/13 08:31 upstream c21b90f77687 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/12 15:39 upstream 50897c955902 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/12 05:00 upstream 50897c955902 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/12 01:20 upstream 50897c955902 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/11 18:20 upstream 5d6919055dec e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/09 05:45 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/05 12:32 upstream a79a588fc176 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/08/05 15:38 upstream de9c2c66ad8e e35c337f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/18 04:31 upstream af5e34a41cd6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/12 09:30 upstream 50897c955902 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/19 05:45 upstream 1c64efcb083c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/02 07:26 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/03 17:13 bpf d2c9a99135da 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/04 17:00 net-next 98878ed91b68 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/04/29 10:11 bpf-next 9f5b3ffc3f1d 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/14 10:05 linux-next 49362394dad7 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/20 18:48 linux-next ec039126b7fa 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/12 18:56 linux-next e98d21c170b0 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/03 15:42 linux-next c025f6cf4209 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.