general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/28 13:42
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+d0e98cbb85bec373bb33@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 34d, last: 7d01h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
f20c5159 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked 2026/07/26 02:20 2026/07/26 02:20 2026/07/26 02:48 492bab15

Sample crash report:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000c: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000060-0x0000000000000067]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 13203 Comm: syz.5.1739 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:configfs_depend_item_unlocked+0x96/0x420 fs/configfs/dir.c:1246
Code: df e8 1e 88 00 00 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 e8 93 55 57 ff 85 ed 74 0a e8 7a 50 57 ff 4d 89 fd eb 6c 48 8d 7b 60 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 30 00 74 05 e8 fe 89 c2 ff 4c 8b 6b 60 48 89 df e8 e2 87
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b1fad8 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88802881dd00
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000060
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000060
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f61b47 R12: ffffffff8eca0680
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880121e9000
FS:  00007f8d3fda46c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c07000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055c7f5377950 CR3: 0000000060462000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 usbg_make_tpg+0x1f6/0x590 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c:1686
 target_fabric_make_tpg+0xa8/0x6d0 drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c:939
 configfs_mkdir+0x4f6/0x9e0 fs/configfs/dir.c:1360
 vfs_mkdir+0x408/0x620 fs/namei.c:5410
 filename_mkdirat+0x289/0x520 fs/namei.c:5443
 __do_sys_mkdir fs/namei.c:5470 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdir+0x34/0x150 fs/namei.c:5467
 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: 0033:0x7f8d41b8e0d9
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:00007f8d3fda4028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000053
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8d41e16180 RCX: 00007f8d41b8e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000001ff RDI: 0000200000000600
RBP: 00007f8d41c25024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8d41e16218 R14: 00007f8d41e16180 R15: 00007ffd0a28efd8
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:configfs_depend_item_unlocked+0x96/0x420 fs/configfs/dir.c:1246
Code: df e8 1e 88 00 00 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 e8 93 55 57 ff 85 ed 74 0a e8 7a 50 57 ff 4d 89 fd eb 6c 48 8d 7b 60 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 30 00 74 05 e8 fe 89 c2 ff 4c 8b 6b 60 48 89 df e8 e2 87
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b1fad8 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 000000000000000c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88802881dd00
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000060
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f61b47 R12: ffffffff8eca0680
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880121e9000
FS:  00007f8d3fda46c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c07000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd92953ff8 CR3: 0000000060462000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess), 1 bytes skipped:
   0:	e8 1e 88 00 00       	call   0x8823
   5:	89 c5                	mov    %eax,%ebp
   7:	31 ff                	xor    %edi,%edi
   9:	89 c6                	mov    %eax,%esi
   b:	e8 93 55 57 ff       	call   0xff5755a3
  10:	85 ed                	test   %ebp,%ebp
  12:	74 0a                	je     0x1e
  14:	e8 7a 50 57 ff       	call   0xff575093
  19:	4d 89 fd             	mov    %r15,%r13
  1c:	eb 6c                	jmp    0x8a
  1e:	48 8d 7b 60          	lea    0x60(%rbx),%rdi
  22:	48 89 f8             	mov    %rdi,%rax
  25:	48 c1 e8 03          	shr    $0x3,%rax
* 29:	42 80 3c 30 00       	cmpb   $0x0,(%rax,%r14,1) <-- trapping instruction
  2e:	74 05                	je     0x35
  30:	e8 fe 89 c2 ff       	call   0xffc28a33
  35:	4c 8b 6b 60          	mov    0x60(%rbx),%r13
  39:	48 89 df             	mov    %rbx,%rdi
  3c:	e8                   	.byte 0xe8
  3d:	e2 87                	loop   0xffffffc6

Crashes (44):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/21 11:49 upstream 7f063b2f17ea 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/16 22:19 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/12 21:24 upstream 3d6d817622b0 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/09 10:39 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/05 05:35 upstream c21bb4193868 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/04 01:55 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 06:41 upstream 0131b508c0e2 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 06:21 upstream 0131b508c0e2 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/31 10:31 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 21:15 upstream 11028ab62899 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 12:59 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 03:13 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 16:05 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 14:53 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 04:31 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/29 02:43 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 23:29 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 23:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/28 20:24 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 03:41 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 02:18 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 23:13 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 23:05 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 22:27 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 22:24 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 05b26a28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 20:39 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 15:36 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 13:36 upstream d326f83e819c 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/18 05:15 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/16 21:47 upstream dcb68831eac7 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/07 00:49 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/05 08:37 upstream 562bfb501c54 52aa2820 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/03 00:14 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 15:09 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/01 05:41 upstream a2cf4ef33184 e611ffe1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/27 13:28 upstream f5098b6bae76 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/25 21:18 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/25 13:25 upstream e2a936998ab2 492bab15 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/30 12:40 upstream 11028ab62899 abc81b93 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/07/24 21:17 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/10 04:52 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/07 02:44 linux-next 1701fda2f58e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/06 23:16 linux-next 1701fda2f58e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root general protection fault in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
2026/08/19 18:44 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 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in configfs_depend_item_unlocked
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.