kernel BUG in register_netdevice

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/30 00:10
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+85ede281798faf736677@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d14h, last: 2h30m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
eef0730c repro 💥 kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:10 2026/07/30 09:33 2377cd3d
reproducer did not crash
8b56a131 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ kernel BUG in register_netdevice 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 00:53 2026/07/27 01:32 492bab15

			
		
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[syzbot] [usb?] kernel BUG in register_netdevice 0 (1) 2026/07/30 00:10
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-5-10 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 7d15h 7d15h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/27 13:16
linux-6.1 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 1 3d23h 3d23h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 04:57
android-5-15 kernel BUG in register_netdevice -1 2 4d14h 4d17h 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/30 10:38

Sample crash report:
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kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:11340!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 18896 Comm: syz.5.3314 Tainted: G S           L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x1eac/0x1ed0 net/core/dev.c:11340
Code: ff 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c bd fb ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 27 4f 14 f9 e9 b0 fb ff ff e8 1d dc aa f8 90 0f 0b e8 15 dc aa f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 0d dc aa f8 90 0f 0b e8 05 dc aa f8 41 be 42 00 00 00 e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900040475e0 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff891affab RBX: 1ffff92000808ed0 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90007671000 RSI: 0000000000000753 RDI: 0000000000000754
RBP: ffffc90004047758 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f5f467 R12: ffff888032f50888
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff888032f50000
FS:  00007fa1052256c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c3e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055a8a663d000 CR3: 0000000050dfa000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 register_netdev+0x40/0x60 net/core/dev.c:11562
 gphonet_register_netdev drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:727 [inline]
 pn_bind+0x115/0xb20 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_phonet.c:511
 usb_add_function+0x290/0x930 drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c:333
 configfs_composite_bind+0xde0/0x1410 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:1802
 gadget_bind_driver+0x2ca/0x9e0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1662
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x254/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
 __driver_probe_device+0x1e8/0x360 drivers/base/dd.c:868
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:898
 __driver_attach+0x339/0x600 drivers/base/dd.c:1292
 bus_for_each_dev+0x23e/0x2c0 drivers/base/bus.c:383
 bus_add_driver+0x348/0x670 drivers/base/bus.c:763
 usb_gadget_register_driver_owner+0xf9/0x270 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1752
 gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store+0x1c9/0x2f0 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:300
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x33a/0x430 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x61e/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x156/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fa106fee019
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fa105225028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa107276090 RCX: 00007fa106fee019
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 0000200000002100 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fa10708500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa107276128 R14: 00007fa107276090 R15: 00007ffc951545f8
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:register_netdevice+0x1eac/0x1ed0 net/core/dev.c:11340
Code: ff 44 89 f1 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c bd fb ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 27 4f 14 f9 e9 b0 fb ff ff e8 1d dc aa f8 90 0f 0b e8 15 dc aa f8 90 <0f> 0b e8 0d dc aa f8 90 0f 0b e8 05 dc aa f8 41 be 42 00 00 00 e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900040475e0 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff891affab RBX: 1ffff92000808ed0 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90007671000 RSI: 0000000000000753 RDI: 0000000000000754
RBP: ffffc90004047758 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f5f467 R12: ffff888032f50888
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff888032f50000
FS:  00007fa1052256c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c3e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fcc724b7e20 CR3: 0000000050dfa000 CR4: 00000000003526f0

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 02:04 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 19:21 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/03 03:07 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/02 21:54 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/27 23:35 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/07/25 14:08 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 21:32 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
2026/08/01 22:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e2d5e23967d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 kernel BUG in register_netdevice
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.