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WARNING: kobject bug in v4l2_open

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/05/12 21:36
Subsystems: media
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Reported-by: syzbot+cf28ffddd0e9a2dd7d89@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d08h, last: 4d15h

Sample crash report:
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kobject: '(null)' (ffff8880554282f0): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called.
WARNING: lib/kobject.c:736 at kobject_put+0x66/0x560 lib/kobject.c:734, CPU#1: v4l_id/11606
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11606 Comm: v4l_id Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:kobject_put+0x8e/0x560 lib/kobject.c:734
Code: 7d 04 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 08 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 db 63 0f f7 48 8b 33 4c 89 f7 48 89 da <67> 48 0f b9 3a eb 05 e8 c6 c9 a5 f6 4c 8d 73 38 4c 89 f7 be 04 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900047ef6b8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 1ffff1100aa8505e RBX: ffff8880554282f0 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: ffff8880554282f0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8f9c65c0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f1597f R12: 1ffff1100aa85065
R13: ffff888055428930 R14: ffffffff8f9c65c0 R15: ffff88805542832c
FS:  00007f7774808880(0000) GS:ffff88812601f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f6e1bda56b8 CR3: 0000000056c78000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 video_put drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:173 [inline]
 v4l2_open+0x269/0x3a0 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:450
 chrdev_open+0x4d0/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x83d/0x13e0 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x350 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4699 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e43/0x38a0 fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1364
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1370 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1386 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1381 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1381
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f77748f6407
Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffe595dc770 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7774808880 RCX: 00007f77748f6407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffe595dcf1b RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ffe595dc9c0 R14: 00007f777508c000 R15: 000055586421a4d8
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	7d 04                	jge    0x6
   2:	48 89 d8             	mov    %rbx,%rax
   5:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
   9:	48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 	movabs $0xdffffc0000000000,%rcx
  10:	fc ff df
  13:	80 3c 08 00          	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%rcx,1)
  17:	74 08                	je     0x21
  19:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  1c:	e8 db 63 0f f7       	call   0xf70f63fc
  21:	48 8b 33             	mov    (%rbx),%rsi
  24:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  27:	48 89 da             	mov    %rbx,%rdx
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	eb 05                	jmp    0x36
  31:	e8 c6 c9 a5 f6       	call   0xf6a5c9fc
  36:	4c 8d 73 38          	lea    0x38(%rbx),%r14
  3a:	4c 89 f7             	mov    %r14,%rdi
  3d:	be                   	.byte 0xbe
  3e:	04 00                	add    $0x0,%al

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/10 14:03 linux-next e98d21c170b0 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING: kobject bug in v4l2_open
2026/05/08 21:30 linux-next e98d21c170b0 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING: kobject bug in v4l2_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.