------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5936 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5936 Comm: kworker/1:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Code: 38 da 57 ff 85 ed 74 1c e8 ef de 57 ff be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 62 8a c0 ff f0 ff 03 5b 5d e9 98 ce fe 08 e8 d3 de 57 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d9 48 89 df e8 45 82 c0 ff eb c0 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc900046af780 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888073ef12d0 RCX: ffffffff826508e8 RDX: ffff888025512480 RSI: ffffffff8265090d RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880304ab0b0 R13: ffff888052c14730 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888052c14728 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124b05000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f76eed7e08d CR3: 0000000073f49000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: kernfs_get+0x1f/0x30 fs/kernfs/dir.c:536 sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:792 [inline] create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x353/0x9b0 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x16e/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3232 [inline] get_device_parent+0x399/0x4e0 drivers/base/core.c:3283 device_add+0x1ad/0x1aa0 drivers/base/core.c:3613 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+0x2ec/0xbe0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xfe9/0x1470 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:906 request_firmware_work_func+0xea/0x250 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1159 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3263 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3346 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3427 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x675/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245