INFO: trying to register non-static key in gadget_dev_open

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/16 22:55
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:normal
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Reported-by: syzbot+36c086b1f7dd613facf2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d01h, last: 5d01h
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bd7ffff7 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ✅ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: trying to register non-static key in gadget_dev_open 2026/08/14 00:55 2026/08/14 00:55 2026/08/14 01:01 0165196a
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[syzbot] [usb?] INFO: trying to register non-static key in gadget_dev_open 0 (1) 2026/08/16 22:55

Sample crash report:
INFO: trying to register non-static key.
The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe
you didn't initialize this object before use?
turning off the locking correctness validator.
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6814 Comm: syz.1.321 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
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 assign_lock_key kernel/locking/lockdep.c:984 [inline]
 register_lock_class+0x549/0x560 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1299
 __lock_acquire+0x3d7/0x1a40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5112
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
 __raw_spin_lock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x36/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:174
 spin_lock_irq include/linux/spinlock.h:372 [inline]
 gadget_dev_open+0x44/0x1b0 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:1919
 do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1052
 do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2873/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4863
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4892
 do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1368
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1385
 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: 0033:0x7fac6bd9e0d9
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:00007fac6cbdb028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fac6c025fa0 RCX: 00007fac6bd9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fac6be35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fac6c026038 R14: 00007fac6c025fa0 R15: 00007fffa5b7a408
 </TASK>
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refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x111/0x130 lib/refcount.c:25, CPU#2: syz.1.321/6814
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6814 Comm: syz.1.321 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:refcount_warn_saturate+0x111/0x130 lib/refcount.c:25
Code: 06 e8 f3 92 ec fc 48 8d 3d fc bd 0e 0c 67 48 0f b9 3a e8 e2 92 ec fc 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 d6 92 ec fc 48 8d 3d ef bd 0e 0c <67> 48 0f b9 3a e8 c5 92 ec fc 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 df e8 36
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c607980 EFLAGS: 00010087
RAX: 0000000000013641 RBX: ffff888057f44040 RCX: ffffc90007002000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff851de0aa RDI: ffffffff912c9ea0
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff888057f44018 R12: ffff888057f44040
R13: ffff88803986aac0 R14: ffff88803986ab08 R15: ffff88803986aae8
FS:  00007fac6cbdb6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d5fec000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c3ae428 CR3: 000000002b4e3000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:289 [inline]
 __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline]
 refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline]
 get_dev drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:160 [inline]
 gadget_dev_open+0x170/0x1b0 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:1924
 do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1052
 do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2873/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4863
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4892
 do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1368
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1385
 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: 0033:0x7fac6bd9e0d9
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:00007fac6cbdb028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fac6c025fa0 RCX: 00007fac6bd9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fac6be35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fac6c026038 R14: 00007fac6c025fa0 R15: 00007fffa5b7a408
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped:
   0:	e8 f3 92 ec fc       	call   0xfcec92f8
   5:	48 8d 3d fc bd 0e 0c 	lea    0xc0ebdfc(%rip),%rdi        # 0xc0ebe08
   c:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi
  11:	e8 e2 92 ec fc       	call   0xfcec92f8
  16:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  17:	5d                   	pop    %rbp
  18:	c3                   	ret
  19:	cc                   	int3
  1a:	cc                   	int3
  1b:	cc                   	int3
  1c:	cc                   	int3
  1d:	e8 d6 92 ec fc       	call   0xfcec92f8
  22:	48 8d 3d ef bd 0e 0c 	lea    0xc0ebdef(%rip),%rdi        # 0xc0ebe18
* 29:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	e8 c5 92 ec fc       	call   0xfcec92f8
  33:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  34:	5d                   	pop    %rbp
  35:	c3                   	ret
  36:	cc                   	int3
  37:	cc                   	int3
  38:	cc                   	int3
  39:	cc                   	int3
  3a:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  3d:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3e:	36                   	ss

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/12 22:49 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream INFO: trying to register non-static key in gadget_dev_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.