syzbot suspects this bug was fixed by commit: commit 68faa679b8be1a74e6663c21c3a9d25d32f1c079 Author: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Dec 19 12:02:03 2019 +0000 chardev: Avoid potential use-after-free in 'chrdev_open()' bisection log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=14412659e00000 start commit: 81b6b964 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub.. git tree: upstream kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=d98e4bd76baeb821 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1c85a21f1c6bc88eb388 syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=147ad0a6e00000 C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=15483312e00000 If the result looks correct, please mark the bug fixed by replying with: #syz fix: chardev: Avoid potential use-after-free in 'chrdev_open()' For information about bisection process see: https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ#bisection