WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/08/09 15:45
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+8f06445357a052a92657@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 746d, last: 11h15m
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268cddb5 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) 2026/05/26 07:21 2026/05/26 07:21 2026/05/26 08:21 c69befb3
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Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs usb fs -1 syz, C error error 3432 858d 1996d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/24 11:12
linux-5.15 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs missing-backport origin:upstream -1 syz, C error 295 17d 1244d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 17:15
linux-6.1 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) -1 15 4d08h 17d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 21:17
linux-6.6 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:lts-only -1 syz, C inconclusive 581 4d21h 430d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 10:18
linux-6.1 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:upstream missing-backport -1 syz, C error 256 29d 1244d 3/3 fixed on 2026/07/24 15:33

Sample crash report:
usb 5-1: Failed to load image "edgeport/down.fw" err -2
usb 5-1: Direct firmware load for edgeport/boot.fw failed with error -2
usb 5-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: edgeport/boot.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
ret
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:158 at fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:158 [inline], CPU#0: kworker/0:2/189
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:158 at firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x76d/0xa50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:248, CPU#0: kworker/0:2/189
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 189 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:158 [inline]
RIP: 0010:firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x76d/0xa50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:248
Code: 96 fb e9 48 fc ff ff e8 f1 07 96 fb c6 05 fc 30 11 0a 01 48 c7 c7 60 2b 77 8c e8 8e a1 f6 fa e9 70 fc ff ff e8 d4 07 96 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 60 2c 77 8c 4c 89 e2 e8 3e 19 fb fa e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002f0e900 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff86311cbc RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc90019487000 RSI: 000000000008e6a3 RDI: 000000000008e6a4
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff9058d537 R09: 1ffffffff20b1aa6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20b1aa7 R12: ffffffff8cac6520
R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff88807fd340b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124f15000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f82191ef2f8 CR3: 0000000034e04000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 _request_firmware+0x1049/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware+0x36/0x50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:948
 request_ihex_firmware include/linux/ihex.h:71 [inline]
 update_edgeport_E2PROM drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c:335 [inline]
 edge_startup+0x262b/0x6730 drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c:2775
 usb_serial_probe+0x2523/0x2e50 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:1120
 usb_probe_interface+0x653/0xc60 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3776
 usb_set_configuration+0x1ad8/0x2180 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2268
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c3/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __device_attach_driver+0x270/0x410 drivers/base/dd.c:1026
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c4/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1098
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1153
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:620
 device_add+0x7d7/0xb80 drivers/base/core.c:3776
 usb_new_device+0x9aa/0x1690 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2703
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5575 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5715 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5879 [inline]
 hub_event+0x28e8/0x4d30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5961
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (360):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/21 20:07 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/20 23:01 upstream 9328b3b03bdc 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/19 12:42 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/18 08:41 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/17 07:51 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/15 09:30 upstream 15ef2f78c49d 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/15 03:18 upstream 2f1baf1fc892 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/13 23:08 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f a9ede23c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/13 18:00 upstream 3d6d817622b0 a9ede23c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/13 11:01 upstream 3d6d817622b0 67796a05 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/12 23:36 upstream 3d6d817622b0 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/11 17:31 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 37a258dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/10 19:02 upstream db2ddb871435 039457bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/09 18:04 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/08 04:24 upstream 9a143525f62b e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/07 11:55 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/07 03:30 upstream 0d8395707651 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 22:58 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 18:47 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 17:16 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 16:03 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 15:03 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 14:24 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/03 02:53 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/02 11:24 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/28 13:41 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/28 12:01 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/28 11:52 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/23 17:25 upstream 4539944e5151 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/22 16:46 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/22 08:21 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/14 08:24 upstream 0f26556c5eee 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/13 21:35 upstream 0f26556c5eee a870962e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/09 17:52 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/06 08:19 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/05 20:31 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/02 16:04 upstream 4a50a141f05a 2b70b115 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/28 07:20 upstream 780d569e6c4b fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/26 09:40 upstream 4edcdefd4083 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/26 03:42 upstream 962528fef902 432fd51a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/25 16:38 upstream ab9de95c9cf9 432fd51a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/24 19:26 upstream 840ef6c78e6a c1da772e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/24 01:53 upstream f31c00c377cc 042555ff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/06/23 09:30 upstream 502d801f0ab0 4b1d8f01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/23 00:31 upstream cca95436be15 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/09 05:45 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/05 12:32 upstream a79a588fc176 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/08/05 15:38 upstream de9c2c66ad8e e35c337f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/10 08:18 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/18 04:31 upstream af5e34a41cd6 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 18:19 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 13:21 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 3c5eaa21 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/03 17:13 bpf d2c9a99135da 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/05/04 17:00 net-next 98878ed91b68 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/04/29 10:11 bpf-next 9f5b3ffc3f1d 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/21 18:21 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/18 10:00 linux-next e6664f2b33db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/18 05:46 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/18 01:23 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/17 23:42 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/17 22:25 linux-next 4477a78374a5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/17 12:02 linux-next 4477a78374a5 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/17 10:35 linux-next 4477a78374a5 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/04 20:51 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/07/14 10:05 linux-next 49362394dad7 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/08/21 01:16 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 8da45c93dfa9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.