------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5970 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 kernfs_get+0x72/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5970 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-00002-g155a3c003e55 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get+0x72/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Code: e8 d3 c4 62 ff 48 89 df be 04 00 00 00 e8 86 47 c6 ff f0 ff 03 eb 05 e8 bc c4 62 ff 5b 5d e9 50 d2 b2 fe cc e8 af c4 62 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d6 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c b6 48 89 df e8 85 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000413f5e0 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff825d6ec1 RBX: ffff8880579f5d20 RCX: ffff888024f40000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8880579f5d23 R09: 1ffff1100af3eba4 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100af3eba5 R12: ffff8880536a1828 R13: 1ffff1100a6d4306 R14: ffff8880536a1830 R15: 1ffff1100a6d4305 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125c1b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b30d13ff8 CR3: 000000007d4b4000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:799 [inline] create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x632/0xb40 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x155/0x220 lib/kobject.c:426 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3235 [inline] get_device_parent+0x316/0x3a0 drivers/base/core.c:3286 device_add+0x2e1/0xb50 drivers/base/core.c:3616 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline] fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline] firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2e4/0x9b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xf83/0x15b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:915 request_firmware_work_func+0xaf/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1168 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245