------------[ cut here ]------------ !atomic_read(&kn->count) WARNING: fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 at kernfs_get fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 [inline], CPU#0: kworker/0:2/820 WARNING: fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 at __kernfs_new_node+0x8b8/0xa70 fs/kernfs/dir.c:704, CPU#0: kworker/0:2/820 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 820 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func RIP: 0010:kernfs_get fs/kernfs/dir.c:560 [inline] RIP: 0010:__kernfs_new_node+0x8b8/0xa70 fs/kernfs/dir.c:704 Code: 08 e9 44 fb ff ff e8 77 2d 59 ff e8 e2 c6 27 ff e9 8f fa ff ff e8 68 2d 59 ff e8 a3 e0 c6 fe e9 26 fb ff ff e8 59 2d 59 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 d1 fc ff ff e8 db 55 d1 08 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003bbf440 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff826c9e47 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88802655dd00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90003bbf598 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10064cbc1f R12: ffff88803265e0f0 R13: 1ffff92000777e94 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff88805cc1b3c0 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125a6b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000110c272190 CR3: 000000003404a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: kernfs_new_node fs/kernfs/dir.c:751 [inline] kernfs_create_dir_ns+0xfe/0x230 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1120 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x12f/0x2a0 fs/sysfs/dir.c:59 create_dir lib/kobject.c:73 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x631/0xd10 lib/kobject.c:240 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:374 [inline] kobject_add+0x163/0x240 lib/kobject.c:426 class_dir_create_and_add drivers/base/core.c:3300 [inline] get_device_parent+0x31d/0x3a0 drivers/base/core.c:3351 device_add+0x2e1/0xb90 drivers/base/core.c:3681 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+0x2e4/0xa30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238 _request_firmware+0x1052/0x1780 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:898 request_firmware_work_func+0xba/0x2e0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1162 process_one_work+0x98b/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3326 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3409 [inline] worker_thread+0xb49/0x1140 kernel/workqueue.c:3490 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245