------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 20254 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 20254 Comm: kworker/1:4 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get.part.0+0x6e/0x80 fs/kernfs/dir.c:537 Code: 78 c9 5a ff 85 ed 74 1c e8 2f ce 5a ff be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 f2 93 c1 ff f0 ff 03 5b 5d e9 48 54 21 09 e8 13 ce 5a ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d9 48 89 df e8 d5 8b c1 ff eb c0 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc900119af790 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880344ad1e0 RCX: ffffffff82614e78 RDX: ffff888020fd4880 RSI: ffffffff82614e9d RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88807c3470b0 R13: ffff888055fb6930 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888055fb6928 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124854000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000110c3d5a86 CR3: 00000000790a0000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: kernfs_get+0x1f/0x30 fs/kernfs/dir.c:536 sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:799 [inline] create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x353/0x9b0 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x16e/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3235 [inline] get_device_parent+0x399/0x4e0 drivers/base/core.c:3286 device_add+0x1ad/0x1a70 drivers/base/core.c:3616 fw_load_sysfs_fallback drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:86 [inline] fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:162 [inline] firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x2ec/0xbe0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xfe9/0x1470 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:915 request_firmware_work_func+0xea/0x250 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1168 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3321 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x5d4/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245