dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech DVB-T USB1.1 stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware usb 5-1: Direct firmware load for af9005.fw failed with error -2 usb 5-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: af9005.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/0:1/10 WARNING: drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:148 at firmware_fallback_sysfs+0x746/0xa30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c:238, CPU#0: kworker/0:1/10 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 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: b5 fb e9 5d fc ff ff e8 38 30 b5 fb c6 05 a6 3c 0d 0a 01 48 c7 c7 20 20 55 8c e8 b5 e7 16 fb e9 85 fc ff ff e8 1b 30 b5 fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 20 21 55 8c 4c 89 e2 e8 a5 c7 1b fb e9 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000f6930 EFLAGS: 00010283 RAX: ffffffff8610d8b5 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 0000000000100000 RDX: ffffc90017108000 RSI: 000000000009e83d RDI: 000000000009e83e RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff903425b7 R09: 1ffffffff20684b6 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff20684b7 R12: ffffffff8ca18180 R13: 0000000000001770 R14: ffff88802b3670b0 R15: 00000000fffffff5 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124ff5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fff91cd4fb8 CR3: 000000000e74c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: _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 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+0x2d4/0x4c0 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:2208 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+0x2d4/0x4c0 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+0x963/0x1720 kernel/workqueue.c:3285 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3376 [inline] worker_thread+0xb46/0x1140 kernel/workqueue.c:3457 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