WARNING in f_midi_free

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/01 00:02
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+d5fa3d224505c8610702@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 7e07d3e4c389 usb: gadget: f_midi: initialize work in f_midi_alloc()
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb], missing on: [ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root]
First crash: 54d, last: 17d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
b1d5eaa6 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in f_midi_free 2026/08/01 00:43 2026/08/01 00:43 2026/08/01 01:10 7664cf44
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH] usb: gadget: f_midi: initialize work in f_midi_alloc() 2 (2) 2026/08/16 10:43
[syzbot] [usb?] WARNING in f_midi_free 0 (1) 2026/08/01 00:02
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING in f_midi_free -1 1 29d 29d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/24 16:08

Sample crash report:
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!work->func
WARNING: kernel/workqueue.c:4409 at __flush_work+0xc68/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:4409, CPU#0: syz.2.2761/18561
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 18561 Comm: syz.2.2761 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:__flush_work+0xc68/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:4409
Code: 6b 8b e8 8b 7d 13 00 48 c7 c7 c0 3a 1c 8e 48 89 de e9 49 ff ff ff e8 f7 f5 37 00 90 0f 0b 90 e9 45 ff ff ff e8 e9 f5 37 00 90 <0f> 0b 90 31 c0 49 bd f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 e9 2d ff ff ff e8 cf
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000576fa20 EFLAGS: 00010287
RAX: ffffffff818e83d7 RBX: ffff88803727f1b0 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90007ab9000 RSI: 0000000000000a4f RDI: 0000000000000a50
RBP: ffffc9000576fbd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f63bb0 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff11006e4fe36 R14: 1ffff92000aedf4c R15: ffff88803727f198
FS:  00007f48308b66c0(0000) GS:ffff888125bd6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f4830874d58 CR3: 0000000032594000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __cancel_work_sync+0xbf/0x110 kernel/workqueue.c:4568
 f_midi_free+0xac/0x1f0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi.c:1312
 config_usb_cfg_unlink+0x236/0x260 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:508
 configfs_symlink+0xde9/0x1030 fs/configfs/symlink.c:202
 vfs_symlink+0x18b/0x330 fs/namei.c:5794
 filename_symlinkat+0x1cd/0x420 fs/namei.c:5819
 __do_sys_symlinkat fs/namei.c:5839 [inline]
 __se_sys_symlinkat+0x4e/0x2b0 fs/namei.c:5834
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f483265e159
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:00007f48308b6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000010a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f48328e5fa0 RCX: 00007f483265e159
RDX: 0000200000000340 RSI: ffffffffffffff9c RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007f48326f5024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f48328e6038 R14: 00007f48328e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc67a153d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (17):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/02 04:28 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/25 06:55 upstream 66498c75b4f8 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/21 01:56 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/17 10:28 upstream 8d3ae59288f1 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/16 14:21 upstream 3eb40771c00a 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/09 09:25 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/02 19:43 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/07/30 10:37 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/09/05 06:22 upstream 654ae5d73c05 4f7b22a0 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/09/04 13:12 upstream bc35965f6940 44dda43b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/30 21:04 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/26 17:44 upstream 818bebeb63dd a2b77b9e .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/18 08:10 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/12 19:23 upstream 3d6d817622b0 ee03bfea .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/09 14:05 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/30 22:35 linux-next e30626823a40 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in f_midi_free
2026/08/27 10:43 linux-next f82a5da2f049 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in f_midi_free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.