syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on: HEAD commit: 26dd54d03cd9 Add linux-next specific files for 20240514 git tree: linux-next console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1392596c980000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=c8af44e051929224 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2f44671e54488d20f0e6 compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=14b06900980000 Downloadable assets: disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/dca5ce975d7a/disk-26dd54d0.raw.xz vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/24844585ee37/vmlinux-26dd54d0.xz kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/7ea82f6342f5/bzImage-26dd54d0.xz IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit: Reported-by: syzbot+2f44671e54488d20f0e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx usb 2-1: Direct firmware load for ueagle-atm/eagleI.fw failed with error -2 usb 2-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ueagle-atm/eagleI.fw ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5166 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:526 kernfs_get+0x71/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:526 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5166 Comm: kworker/0:4 Not tainted 6.9.0-next-20240514-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get+0x71/0x90 fs/kernfs/dir.c:526 Code: 23 e8 63 b0 5e ff 48 89 df be 04 00 00 00 e8 96 6c c4 ff f0 ff 03 eb 05 e8 4c b0 5e ff 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 40 b0 5e ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb d7 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c b7 48 89 df e8 96 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003bdf6e0 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff82379c40 RBX: ffff8880770dff00 RCX: ffff88802729da00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff82379c14 R09: 1ffff1100ee1bfe0 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100ee1bfe1 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffff88802a984008 R14: ffffffff8c4497f0 R15: ffff88802a984038 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f55ba7ad988 CR3: 0000000024c16000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> sysfs_get include/linux/sysfs.h:786 [inline] create_dir lib/kobject.c:89 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x4ba/0x8d0 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x152/0x220 lib/kobject.c:426 device_add+0x4e5/0xbf0 drivers/base/core.c:3659 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+0x307/0x9e0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0xcf5/0x12b0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:914 request_firmware_work_func+0x12a/0x280 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1165 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> --- If you want syzbot to run the reproducer, reply with: #syz test: git://repo/address.git branch-or-commit-hash If you attach or paste a git patch, syzbot will apply it before testing.