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WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/08/09 15:45
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+8f06445357a052a92657@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 591d, last: 9h47m
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[syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs (2) 0 (1) 2024/08/09 15:45
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs usb fs -1 C error error 3432 704d 1842d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/24 11:12
linux-5.15 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs missing-backport origin:upstream -1 C error 253 11d 1089d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 17:15
linux-6.6 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 334 7d17h 276d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 10:18
linux-6.1 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C error 231 13d 1089d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/26 16:24

Sample crash report:
usb 3-1: Direct firmware load for dvb-usb-wt220u-02.fw failed with error -2
usb 3-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: dvb-usb-wt220u-02.fw
------------[ cut here ]------------
ret
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 at fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline], CPU#0: kworker/0:4/5902
WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 at firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0xa30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238, CPU#0: kworker/0:4/5902
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5902 Comm: kworker/0:4 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:fw_load_from_user_helper drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 [inline]
RIP: 0010:firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0xa30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238
Code: c0 fb e9 5d fc ff ff e8 98 fd c0 fb c6 05 84 ea f6 09 01 48 c7 c7 00 b8 52 8c e8 35 18 23 fb e9 85 fc ff ff e8 7b fd c0 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 00 b9 52 8c 4c 89 e2 e8 65 aa 27 fb e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000471e8b0 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffff8604a365 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000
RDX: ffffc9001b2fc000 RSI: 000000000007fce4 RDI: 000000000007fce5
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff90119ab7 R09: 1ffffffff2023356
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023357 R12: ffffffff8c9e1140
R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff8880257be0b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125460000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f36de3f84c0 CR3: 0000000034a1a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 _request_firmware+0x1052/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898
 request_firmware+0x36/0x50 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:948
 dvb_usb_download_firmware+0xb5/0x270 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c:93
 dvb_usb_device_init+0xde2/0x2590 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:298
 dtt200u_usb_probe+0x5b/0x120 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dtt200u.c:148
 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2266
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833
 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961
 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033
 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088
 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689
 usb_new_device+0xa08/0x16f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2a1c/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (193):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/17 18:00 upstream 2d1373e4246d c01bca74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/13 14:34 upstream 0257f64bdac7 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/13 03:56 upstream 0257f64bdac7 2f7f359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/12 10:05 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/11 12:01 upstream b4f0dd314b39 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/09 05:45 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/09 03:01 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/08 18:25 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/04 06:40 upstream 0031c06807cf 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/12 06:41 upstream 7143203341dc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/09 15:30 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/02 03:55 upstream b69053dd3ffb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/21 08:23 upstream d8ba32c5a460 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/18 15:11 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/18 07:53 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/30 23:15 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/27 10:02 upstream 4941a17751c9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/03 19:01 upstream 6146a0f1dfae 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/19 09:15 upstream 4871b7cb27f4 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/07/05 12:32 upstream a79a588fc176 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2024/08/05 15:38 upstream de9c2c66ad8e e35c337f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/18 20:25 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/11 22:17 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/19 05:45 upstream 1c64efcb083c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/02 07:26 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/03 20:37 upstream 6146a0f1dfae e6c64ba8 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/20 04:32 linux-next 8e42d2514a7e bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/12 00:03 linux-next f90aadf1c67c 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/06 09:28 linux-next 3f9cd19e764b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/04 19:52 linux-next fc7b1a72c6cd e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/04 05:32 linux-next c025f6cf4209 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/03 17:57 linux-next c025f6cf4209 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/03/03 15:42 linux-next c025f6cf4209 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/22 14:50 linux-next d4906ae14a5f 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/22 07:40 linux-next d4906ae14a5f 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/11 22:12 linux-next 9152bc8cebcb 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/10 19:06 linux-next 132737e360b4 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/02/02 18:01 linux-next 193579fe0138 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/30 00:17 linux-next 33a647c659ff aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/23 18:29 linux-next a0c666c25aee 3181850c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2026/01/08 14:10 linux-next fc4e91c639c0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/31 18:46 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/30 03:17 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/29 06:08 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/27 16:39 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/25 08:27 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/18 22:59 linux-next 1058ca9db0ed d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/17 04:24 linux-next 12b95d29eb97 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/12 04:24 linux-next d9771d0dbe18 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/12/05 12:33 linux-next 6987d58a9cbc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/28 08:20 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/11/27 22:16 linux-next ef68bf704646 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/31 03:56 linux-next 131f3d9446a6 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
2025/10/30 23:51 linux-next 131f3d9446a6 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in firmware_fallback_sysfs
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.