------------[ cut here ]------------ !atomic_read(&kn->count) WARNING: fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 at kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537, CPU#1: kworker/1:5/12820 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12820 Comm: kworker/1:5 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Code: c8 08 51 ff 85 ed 74 1c e8 0f 0e 51 ff be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 42 b2 bc ff f0 ff 03 5b 5d e9 c3 78 58 fe e8 f3 0d 51 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d9 48 89 df e8 55 ac bc ff eb c0 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ba5f7d0 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880267f8000 RCX: ffffffff82b7c828 RDX: ffff88802f311e80 RSI: ffffffff82b7c84d RDI: ffff88802f311e80 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff8880540cf038 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880540cf030 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124439000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f75fc74da08 CR3: 000000004656f000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: kernfs_get+0x1f/0x30 fs/kernfs/dir.c:536 sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:802 [inline] create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x359/0x930 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x16a/0x1e0 lib/kobject.c:426 device_add+0x294/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3629 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+0x2e2/0xc20 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xfd7/0x13c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898 request_firmware_work_func+0xea/0x250 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1150 process_one_work+0xa23/0x19a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3276 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3359 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3440 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245