general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/28 13:42
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+d0e98cbb85bec373bb33@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d03h, last: 1d02h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
f20c5159 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked 2026/07/26 02:20 2026/07/26 02:20 2026/07/26 02:48 492bab15

			
		

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000c: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000060-0x0000000000000067]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9831 Comm: syz.4.1011 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:configfs_depend_item_unlocked+0x96/0x420 fs/configfs/dir.c:1246
Code: df e8 0e 88 00 00 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 e8 03 c0 50 ff 85 ed 74 0a e8 ba bb 50 ff 4d 89 fd eb 6c 48 8d 7b 60 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 30 00 74 05 e8 0e 54 be ff 4c 8b 6b 60 48 89 df e8 d2 87
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005577ad8 EFLAGS: 00010216
RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: ffff888026801f00 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000060
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff90579d37 R09: 1ffffffff20af3a6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20af3a7 R12: ffffffff8f71af60
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880528b0c00
FS:  00007fc7cd8476c0(0000) GS:ffff888124f4c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2ed1fff8 CR3: 0000000056c31000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 usbg_make_tpg+0x1f6/0x590 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c:1686
 target_fabric_make_tpg+0xa8/0x6d0 drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c:939
 configfs_mkdir+0x4f6/0x9e0 fs/configfs/dir.c:1360
 vfs_mkdir+0x406/0x620 fs/namei.c:5276
 filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5309
 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:5336 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdir+0x34/0x150 fs/namei.c:5333
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc7cc99e019
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:00007fc7cd847028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000053
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc7ccc26090 RCX: 00007fc7cc99e019
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000001ff RDI: 0000200000000c00
RBP: 00007fc7cca3500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc7ccc26128 R14: 00007fc7ccc26090 R15: 00007ffed8eb3f48
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:configfs_depend_item_unlocked+0x96/0x420 fs/configfs/dir.c:1246
Code: df e8 0e 88 00 00 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 e8 03 c0 50 ff 85 ed 74 0a e8 ba bb 50 ff 4d 89 fd eb 6c 48 8d 7b 60 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 30 00 74 05 e8 0e 54 be ff 4c 8b 6b 60 48 89 df e8 d2 87
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005577ad8 EFLAGS: 00010216
RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000002
RDX: ffff888026801f00 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000060
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff90579d37 R09: 1ffffffff20af3a6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20af3a7 R12: ffffffff8f71af60
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880528b0c00
FS:  00007fc7cd8476c0(0000) GS:ffff88812504c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f3cd6471e9c CR3: 0000000056c31000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped:
   0:	e8 0e 88 00 00       	call   0x8813
   5:	89 c5                	mov    %eax,%ebp
   7:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
   9:	89 c6                	mov    %eax,%esi
   b:	e8 03 c0 50 ff       	call   0xff50c013
  10:	85 ed                	test   %ebp,%ebp
  12:	74 0a                	je     0x1e
  14:	e8 ba bb 50 ff       	call   0xff50bbd3
  19:	4d 89 fd             	mov    %r15,%r13
  1c:	eb 6c                	jmp    0x8a
  1e:	48 8d 7b 60          	lea    0x60(%rbx),%rdi
  22:	48 89 f8             	mov    %rdi,%rax
  25:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
* 29:	42 80 3c 30 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r14,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	74 05                	je     0x35
  30:	e8 0e 54 be ff       	call   0xffbe5443
  35:	4c 8b 6b 60          	mov    0x60(%rbx),%r13
  39:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  3c:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3d:	d2                   	.byte 0xd2
  3e:	87                   	.byte 0x87

Crashes (29):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/01 06:41 upstream 0131b508c0e2 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 06:21 upstream 0131b508c0e2 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/31 10:31 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 21:15 upstream 11028ab62899 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 12:59 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 03:13 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 16:05 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 14:53 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 04:31 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 02:43 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 23:29 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 23:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 20:24 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 03:41 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 02:18 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 23:13 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 23:05 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 22:27 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 22:24 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 20:39 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 15:36 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 13:36 upstream d326f83e819c 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 15:09 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 05:41 upstream a2cf4ef33184 e611ffe1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 13:28 upstream f5098b6bae76 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/25 21:18 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/25 13:25 upstream e2a936998ab2 492bab15 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 12:40 upstream 11028ab62899 abc81b93 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 21:17 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.