BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in nhi_probe

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/06 00:01
Subsystems: usb
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Reported-by: syzbot+901ca72278dfd89daf58@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d17h, last: 2d11h
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3f99af29 assessment-security 💥 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in nhi_probe 2026/08/05 00:07 2026/08/05 00:07 2026/08/05 00:07 d4abbeac
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[syzbot] [usb?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in nhi_probe 0 (2) 2026/08/06 18:21
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/06 18:21 3h24m dmantipov@yandex.ru patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 0d839570765118029aa8bf4a95444c6a11aacf85 report log

Sample crash report:
EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p2): shut down requested (2)
Aborting journal on device nvme0n1p2-8.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at 
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff800092aad640
KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x000000049556b200-0x000000049556b207]
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000007
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0
swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000021b01f000
[ffff800092aad640] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=10000002212fc003, pud=10000002212fd003, pmd=1000000105275403, pte=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1]  SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4950 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/02/2026
pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __raw_readl arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h:84 [inline]
pc : readl include/asm-generic/io.h:231 [inline]
pc : ioread32 include/asm-generic/io.h:906 [inline]
pc : nhi_probe+0xc0/0x730 drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:1198
lr : nhi_probe+0x34/0x730 drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:1187
sp : ffff8000982375b0
x29: ffff8000982375c0 x28: 1fffe0001a3c399a x27: ffff0000d1e1ccd0
x26: 1fffe0001a3c3998 x25: ffff0000c2f4a0d0 x24: 1fffe0001a3c3999
x23: dfff800000000000 x22: 1fffe0001a3c39a7 x21: ffff0000d1e1cd38
x20: ffff0000d1e1cc80 x19: ffff0000d1e1ccc8 x18: 1fffe00035bc9e28
x17: 0000000000000003 x16: ffff800088b07000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ffff80008a590e28 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : ffff800092aad640 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : ffff8000801571a8
x2 : 0000000000000006 x1 : ffff0000c6899d40 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 __raw_readl arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h:84 [inline] (P)
 readl include/asm-generic/io.h:231 [inline] (P)
 ioread32 include/asm-generic/io.h:906 [inline] (P)
 nhi_probe+0xc0/0x730 drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:1198 (P)
 nhi_pci_probe+0x418/0x4e4 drivers/thunderbolt/pci.c:479
 local_pci_probe+0xc8/0x158 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:332
 pci_call_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:394 [inline]
 __pci_device_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:455 [inline]
 pci_device_probe+0x460/0x8d4 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:489
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x29c/0x800 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e0/0x350 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 device_driver_attach+0x58/0xac drivers/base/dd.c:1203
 bind_store+0xf4/0x14c drivers/base/bus.c:267
 drv_attr_store+0x80/0xa4 drivers/base/bus.c:125
 sysfs_kf_write+0xe0/0x108 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x260/0x3b8 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x51c/0xa0c fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12c/0x228 fs/read_write.c:739
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_write+0x84/0x98 fs/read_write.c:747
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0xec/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:736
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x48/0x148 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:755
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594
Code: d343feb6 9140e508 91190108 d503201f (b9400109) 
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	d343feb6 	lsr	x22, x21, #3
   4:	9140e508 	add	x8, x8, #0x39, lsl #12
   8:	91190108 	add	x8, x8, #0x640
   c:	d503201f 	nop
* 10:	b9400109 	ldr	w9, [x8] <-- trapping instruction

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 14:58 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 nhi_probe
2026/08/04 13:04 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 nhi_probe
2026/08/04 13:04 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 nhi_probe
2026/08/04 19:27 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-mte BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in nhi_probe
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.