Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer still triggered crash: WARNING in kernfs_remove_by_name_ns ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernfs: can not remove 'version', no directory WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 94 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1507 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x98/0xb0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1507 Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ... CPU: 1 PID: 94 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 5.5.0-rc3-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0xef/0x16e lib/dump_stack.c:118 panic+0x2aa/0x6e1 kernel/panic.c:221 __warn.cold+0x2f/0x30 kernel/panic.c:582 report_bug+0x27b/0x2f0 lib/bug.c:195 fixup_bug arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:174 [inline] fixup_bug arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:169 [inline] do_error_trap+0x12b/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:267 do_invalid_op+0x32/0x40 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:286 invalid_op+0x23/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:1027 RIP: 0010:kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x98/0xb0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1507 Code: b1 ff 48 c7 c7 20 13 1d 87 41 bc fe ff ff ff e8 2e fe fe 03 eb d9 e8 47 4d b1 ff 4c 89 e6 48 c7 c7 c0 51 f1 85 e8 20 33 86 ff <0f> 0b 41 bc fe ff ff ff eb bb 0f 1f 40 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffff8881d5d47708 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881cba58390 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff812959ad RDI: ffffed103aba8ed3 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8881d6d2c980 R09: fffffbfff1269aae R10: fffffbfff1269aad R11: ffffffff8934d56f R12: ffffffff8671eb40 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000000000000000c sysfs_remove_file include/linux/sysfs.h:536 [inline] device_remove_file+0x25/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:1869 usbvision_remove_sysfs drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:287 [inline] usbvision_release+0x88/0x1c0 drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:1360 v4l2_device_release+0x29a/0x3e0 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:225 device_release+0x71/0x200 drivers/base/core.c:1358 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:693 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:722 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x256/0x550 lib/kobject.c:739 put_device drivers/base/core.c:2586 [inline] device_unregister+0x34/0xc0 drivers/base/core.c:2697 video_unregister_device+0xa2/0xc0 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:1075 usbvision_unregister_video drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:1255 [inline] usbvision_unregister_video+0xfb/0x120 drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:1242 usbvision_release+0x10d/0x1c0 drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:1361 usbvision_disconnect+0x171/0x1e0 drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-video.c:1593 usb_unbind_interface+0x1bd/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:423 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1134 [inline] device_release_driver_internal+0x42f/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:1165 bus_remove_device+0x2eb/0x5a0 drivers/base/bus.c:532 device_del+0x481/0xd30 drivers/base/core.c:2664 usb_disable_device+0x23d/0x790 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1237 usb_disconnect+0x293/0x900 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2200 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5035 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5324 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5470 [inline] hub_event+0x1a1d/0x4300 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5552 process_one_work+0x945/0x15c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2264 worker_thread+0x96/0xe20 kernel/workqueue.c:2410 kthread+0x318/0x420 kernel/kthread.c:255 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352 Kernel Offset: disabled Rebooting in 86400 seconds.. Tested on: commit: ae179410 usb: gadget: add raw-gadget interface git tree: https://github.com/google/kasan.git console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=133b3611e00000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=ad1d751a3a72ae57 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=75287f75e2fedd69d680 compiler: gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental) patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=15921b69e00000