------------[ cut here ]------------ refcnt < 0 WARNING: net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:567 at hci_conn_timeout+0x16a/0x230 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:567, CPU#0: kworker/u9:5/5812 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5812 Comm: kworker/u9:5 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: hci2 hci_conn_timeout RIP: 0010:hci_conn_timeout+0x16a/0x230 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:567 Code: 44 0f b6 2d 43 e0 59 06 31 ff 41 83 e5 40 44 89 ee e8 fa 8e 8c f7 45 84 ed 0f 84 02 ff ff ff e9 c6 07 f7 f6 e8 97 94 8c f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e8 8e 94 8c f7 48 8d bb fd f5 ff ff 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900032f7c20 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888058d34a40 RCX: ffffffff8a7a7def RDX: ffff88805b244900 RSI: ffffffff8a7a7ee9 RDI: ffff88805b244900 RBP: 00000000ffffffff R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888058d34000 R13: ffff88805b244d84 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88801e7e1000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812438b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f9388385640 CR3: 0000000034603000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: process_one_work+0x9c2/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3275 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3358 [inline] worker_thread+0x5da/0xe40 kernel/workqueue.c:3439 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:467 ret_from_fork+0x754/0xd80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245