kernel BUG in register_netdevice

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/30 00:10
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+85ede281798faf736677@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 18d, last: 10h58m
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eef0730c repro 💥 kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:33 2377cd3d
8b56a131 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 01:32 492bab15
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Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 16d 16d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/27 13:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 3 5d21h 13d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 04:57
android-5-15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 2 13d 13d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/30 10:38
linux-5.15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 8d11h 8d11h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 17:51

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:11341!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 24683 Comm: syz.7.4790 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x123b/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11341
Code: 8d 3d e9 73 a1 07 ba 47 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 00 29 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 fe 72 7b f8 90 0f 0b e8 f6 72 7b f8 90 <0f> 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 e4 72 7b f8 48 8d 3d dd 73
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005bdf7c8 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 0000000000000e31 RBX: 1ffff92000b7bf02 RCX: ffffc90003c61000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff898ef1ea RDI: ffff88802a888000
RBP: ffff88801f366000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8880327fec00 R14: ffff888025fc54b0 R15: ffff88801f366000
FS:  00007fb122e306c0(0000) GS:ffff888123eec000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c3aa386 CR3: 0000000060311000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 register_netdev+0x34/0x50 net/core/dev.c:11563
 gphonet_register_netdev drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:727 [inline]
 pn_bind+0x149/0x5b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:511
 usb_add_function+0x219/0x890 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c:333
 configfs_composite_bind+0xd83/0x1960 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:1802
 gadget_bind_driver+0x28c/0xbf0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1662
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
 really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x20e/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __driver_attach+0x21f/0x5b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
 bus_for_each_dev+0x13e/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
 bus_add_driver+0x305/0x5b0 drivers/base/bus.c:763
 driver_register+0x1e2/0x360 drivers/base/driver.c:174
 usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0x132/0x210 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1752
 gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x1b0/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:300
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 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: 0033:0x7fb121f9e0d9
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:00007fb122e30028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb122225fa0 RCX: 00007fb121f9e0d9
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000200000000640 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fb122035024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb122226038 R14: 00007fb122225fa0 R15: 00007ffc808e5428
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x123b/0x25a0 net/core/dev.c:11341
Code: 8d 3d e9 73 a1 07 ba 47 2c 00 00 48 c7 c6 00 29 16 8d 67 48 0f b9 3a e9 a5 ee ff ff e8 fe 72 7b f8 90 0f 0b e8 f6 72 7b f8 90 <0f> 0b 48 8b 5c 24 18 48 8b 6c 24 20 e8 e4 72 7b f8 48 8d 3d dd 73
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005bdf7c8 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: 0000000000000e31 RBX: 1ffff92000b7bf02 RCX: ffffc90003c61000
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: ffffffff898ef1ea RDI: ffff88802a888000
RBP: ffff88801f366000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8880327fec00 R14: ffff888025fc54b0 R15: ffff88801f366000
FS:  00007fb122e306c0(0000) GS:ffff888123eec000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c2f002c CR3: 0000000060311000 CR4: 00000000003526f0

Crashes (44):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/09 03:18 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:26 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:25 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:23 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 13:23 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/04 02:04 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 19:21 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 03:07 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/02 21:54 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/27 23:35 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/25 14:08 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 05:26 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 18:39 upstream db2ddb871435 558388e4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 16:19 upstream db2ddb871435 558388e4 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 01:01 upstream b643e495ae92 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/09 23:54 upstream b643e495ae92 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/09 00:29 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 23:38 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 23:27 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 17:24 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 05:07 upstream 3f008280327b 5d63f80b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 05:01 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 06:59 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 17:39 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 15:58 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 15:57 upstream a59f57e2aa12 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 21:32 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/12 18:29 linux-next 5e6de6a2b522 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/11 06:08 linux-next 3d08ff75a47a 039457bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 11:57 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 558388e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/10 01:02 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 13:11 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:13 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:13 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 10:12 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/08 03:39 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 13:50 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 08:37 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/07 01:39 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:45 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:41 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:40 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/06 20:37 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 22:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e2d5e23967d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.