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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: 386d, last: 3d16h
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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 498d 1636d 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 187 12h30m 884d 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 204 22h29m 70d 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 202 1d09h 884d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 16:24

Sample crash report:
keyspan 4-1:0.186: Keyspan - (without firmware) converter detected
usb 4-1: Direct firmware load for keyspan/usa19w.fw failed with error -2
usb 4-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: keyspan/usa19w.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5938 at drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5938 at drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0x9b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5938 Comm: kworker/0:4 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
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: b9 fb e9 5d fc ff ff e8 18 7c b9 fb c6 05 e1 4a 87 09 01 48 c7 c7 60 8b 0a 8c e8 25 70 21 fb e9 85 fc ff ff e8 fb 7b b9 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 40 8c 0a 8c 4c 89 e2 e8 65 63 26 fb e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000431e8b0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff86062f85 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc90019512000 RSI: 00000000000fffff RDI: 0000000000100000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff8fa38637 R09: 1ffffffff1f470c6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f470c7 R12: ffffffff8c3f2b60
R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff8880212e90b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125c1b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055558af335c8 CR3: 000000000df36000 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
 request_ihex_firmware include/linux/ihex.h:71 [inline]
 ezusb_ihex_firmware_download drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c:66 [inline]
 ezusb_fx1_ihex_firmware_download+0xb0/0xcf0 drivers/usb/misc/ezusb.c:123
 keyspan_fake_startup+0x230/0x430 drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c:1675
 usb_serial_probe+0x2509/0x2d20 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:1123
 usb_probe_interface+0x665/0xc30 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+0x24e/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+0x24e/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:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3f9/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (78):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/23 14:41 upstream 6debb6904172 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/21 09:43 upstream 41cd3fd15263 0b9605c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/20 10:01 upstream b19a97d57c15 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/16 11:19 upstream dfd4b508c8c6 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/09 06:17 upstream 0227b49b5027 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/08 15:40 upstream 37816488247d 987b750d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/31 22:03 upstream 260f6f4fda93 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root 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
2025/07/15 19:48 upstream 155a3c003e55 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/15 14:59 upstream 155a3c003e55 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/08 10:34 upstream d7b8f8e20813 4f67c4ae .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
2025/07/04 14:11 upstream 17bbde2e1716 76ad128c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/30 10:16 upstream d0b3b7b22dfa fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/29 20:40 upstream dfba48a70cb6 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/27 19:49 upstream 67a993863163 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/27 00:46 upstream e34a79b96ab9 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/22 18:31 upstream 739a6c93cc75 d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/21 11:17 upstream 11313e2f7812 d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/17 01:28 upstream e04c78d86a96 d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/14 04:45 upstream 02adc1490e6d 0e8da31f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/06 22:41 upstream e271ed52b344 f61267d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/06 19:17 upstream e271ed52b344 f61267d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/31 11:09 upstream 8477ab143069 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/27 17:40 upstream 914873bc7df9 874a1386 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/19 11:19 upstream a5806cd506af f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/18 16:01 upstream 5723cc3450bc f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/09 02:38 upstream d76bb1ebb558 dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/05/09 02:08 upstream d76bb1ebb558 dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/04/19 17:21 upstream 8560697b23dc 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/04/10 17:34 upstream ab59a8605604 988b336c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/04/01 05:10 upstream 609706855d90 36d76a97 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/27 09:26 upstream 1e1ba8d23dae 20510e88 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/26 20:44 upstream 2df0c02dab82 89d30d73 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/25 16:44 upstream 327ecdbc0fda 875573af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/06 19:55 upstream 848e07631744 831e3629 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/02 18:02 upstream ece144f151ac c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/03/02 18:02 upstream ece144f151ac c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/02/10 16:12 upstream a64dcfb451e2 43f51a00 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/01/21 16:41 upstream 95ec54a420b8 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/01/20 08:30 upstream 9528d418de4d f2cb035c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/01/16 19:50 upstream ce69b4019001 968edaf4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/01/16 13:58 upstream 619f0b6fad52 968edaf4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/25 06:35 upstream 9b2ffa6148b1 444551c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/19 08:33 upstream c061cf420ded 1432fc84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/19 08:32 upstream c061cf420ded 1432fc84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/17 00:18 upstream 78d4f34e2115 f93b2b55 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/09 03:35 upstream 62b5a46999c7 9ac0fdc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/11/23 11:02 upstream 06afb0f36106 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/11/08 13:57 upstream 906bd684e4b1 179b040e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/11/05 11:08 upstream 2e1b3cc9d7f7 509da429 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/31 00:40 upstream 4236f913808c fb888278 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/31 00:29 upstream 4236f913808c fb888278 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/26 16:03 upstream 850925a8133c 65e8686b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/17 12:10 upstream c964ced77262 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/16 18:36 upstream 2f87d0916ce0 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/09/20 13:14 upstream 2004cef11ea0 6f888b75 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce 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
2025/08/09 02:26 upstream 37816488247d 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/30 19:17 upstream d0b3b7b22dfa fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/24 19:44 upstream 78f4e737a53e 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/02/25 04:40 upstream d082ecbc71e9 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/12/09 07:33 upstream 62b5a46999c7 9ac0fdc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/17 02:46 upstream e2291551827f 44f8051e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream 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
2024/12/20 05:35 upstream 8faabc041a00 c87fa8a3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/06 12:32 upstream 8f602276d390 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/20 22:06 linux-next 5303936d609e bd178e57 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/08/19 16:42 linux-next 886e5e7b0432 523f460e .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
2025/07/22 01:07 linux-next d086c886ceb9 0b3788a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/15 04:13 linux-next 0be23810e32e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/14 21:18 linux-next 0be23810e32e 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/13 19:31 linux-next a62b7a37e6fc 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/09 03:08 linux-next 58ba80c47402 abade794 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/06/30 07:32 linux-next 2aeda9592360 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/10/31 20:37 linux-next f9f24ca362a4 96eb609f .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.