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WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/08/09 15:45
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+8f06445357a052a92657@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 459d, last: 4d12h
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[syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) 0 (1) 2024/08/09 15:45
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs usb fs -1 C error error 3432 571d 1710d 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 C error 236 1d19h 957d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 17:15
linux-6.6 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 215 31d 143d 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 C error 211 5d01h 957d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 16:24

Sample crash report:
dvb_usb_dibusb_mb 5-1:3.211: probe with driver dvb_usb_dibusb_mb failed with error -22
dvb-usb: found a 'KWorld Xpert DVB-T USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
usb 5-1: Direct firmware load for dvb-usb-adstech-usb2-02.fw failed with error -2
usb 5-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: dvb-usb-adstech-usb2-02.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 22806 at drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 22806 at drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0x9b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 22806 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline]
RIP: 0010:firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0x9b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
Code: f3 fb e9 5d fc ff ff e8 68 97 f3 fb c6 05 ca 86 9a 09 01 48 c7 c7 e0 ec e6 8b e8 35 22 5b fb e9 85 fc ff ff e8 4b 97 f3 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 c0 ed e6 8b 4c 89 e2 e8 c5 89 5f fb e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000aff6870 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff85cc6f45 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc90018bf5000 RSI: 0000000000060b91 RDI: 0000000000060b92
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff8f7cdc77 R09: 1ffffffff1ef9b8e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1ef9b8f R12: ffffffff8c300c40
R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff8880314dc0b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812623d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffecab56ef4 CR3: 0000000032d72000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 _request_firmware+0xf83/0x15b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:906
 request_firmware+0x36/0x50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:957
 dvb_usb_download_firmware+0xaf/0x260 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c:93
 dvb_usb_device_init+0xdd2/0x2580 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:298
 dibusb_probe+0x89/0xf0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-mb.c:114
 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc30 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0x9e0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x2f0 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ce/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:462
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 bus_probe_device+0x185/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:537
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb50 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x20e0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2210
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x390 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x26d/0x9e0 drivers/base/dd.c:659
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x2f0 drivers/base/dd.c:801
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:831
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ce/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:959
 bus_for_each_drv+0x251/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:462
 __device_attach+0x2b8/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:1031
 bus_probe_device+0x185/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:537
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb50 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_new_device+0xa39/0x16f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2694
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5566 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5706 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5870 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2958/0x4a20 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5952
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3263 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3346
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3427
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (143):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/03 19:01 upstream 6146a0f1dfae 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/22 23:22 upstream 250a17e8f955 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/17 01:05 upstream 98ac9cc4b445 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/12 02:21 upstream 98906f9d850e ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/06 10:42 upstream 7a405dbb0f03 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/05 06:26 upstream d104e3d17f7b 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/19 09:15 upstream 4871b7cb27f4 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root 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
2025/10/15 13:29 upstream 9b332cece987 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/19 05:45 upstream 1c64efcb083c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/03 20:37 upstream 6146a0f1dfae e6c64ba8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/01/16 09:52 upstream 619f0b6fad52 968edaf4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/31 03:56 linux-next 131f3d9446a6 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/30 23:51 linux-next 131f3d9446a6 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/30 00:23 linux-next f9ba12abc528 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/29 20:52 linux-next f9ba12abc528 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/29 19:32 linux-next f9ba12abc528 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/28 19:33 linux-next f7d2388eeec2 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/28 17:18 linux-next f7d2388eeec2 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/28 11:52 linux-next f7d2388eeec2 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/28 03:18 linux-next 8fec172c82c2 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/27 23:02 linux-next 8fec172c82c2 fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/26 21:03 linux-next 72fb0170ef1f c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/26 19:12 linux-next 72fb0170ef1f c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/25 05:31 linux-next 72fb0170ef1f c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/23 23:26 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/23 15:35 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/23 02:18 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/22 14:31 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/22 10:31 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/21 02:14 linux-next 606da5bb1655 9832ed61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/19 21:36 linux-next 93f3bab4310d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/19 14:47 linux-next 93f3bab4310d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/18 15:30 linux-next 93f3bab4310d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/18 02:08 linux-next 93f3bab4310d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/17 15:33 linux-next 2433b8476165 7adf5298 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/17 13:16 linux-next 2433b8476165 7adf5298 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/17 07:15 linux-next 2433b8476165 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/17 03:36 linux-next 2433b8476165 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/16 13:16 linux-next 1fdbb3ff1233 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/16 07:15 linux-next 1fdbb3ff1233 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/15 09:09 linux-next 13863a59e410 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/14 22:49 linux-next 13863a59e410 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/14 02:09 linux-next 52ba76324a9d b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/13 14:40 linux-next 52ba76324a9d ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/13 02:28 linux-next 2b763d465239 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/13 00:45 linux-next 2b763d465239 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/12 06:45 linux-next 2b763d465239 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/12 02:28 linux-next 2b763d465239 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/07 19:30 linux-next 4a7153147192 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/04 16:12 linux-next 47a8d4b89844 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/17 16:32 linux-next 931e46dcbc7e 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.