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[83.28.44.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49cee6023edsm300641045e9.7.2026.09.06.03.38.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:38:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 12:38:35 +0200 From: Michal Pecio To: Greg KH Cc: syzbot , i@zenithal.me, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com, valentina.manea.m@gmail.com, syzkaller@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [syzbot] [usb?] general protection fault in vhci_hcd_probe Message-ID: <20260906123835.56902ed7.michal.pecio@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2026090536-numbness-enlisted-917e@gregkh> References: <6a88066b.ae6ddae5.3da009.002d.GAE@google.com> <6a9bceeb.a5e650b3.26d8a.0008.GAE@google.com> <20260905104331.6d4288df.michal.pecio@gmail.com> <2026090536-numbness-enlisted-917e@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 5 Sep 2026 13:30:01 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 10:43:31AM +0200, Michal Pecio wrote: > > On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:12:27 -0700, syzbot wrote: > > > syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on: > > > > > > HEAD commit: 9d80aa4617b3 Add linux-next specific files for 20260903 > > > git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10adf4f9580000 > > > kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=bb4a32c282cc2ec7 > > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7300affe388249d66dfe > > > compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8 > > > C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=121c7215580000 > > > > Who or what is coming up with these ideas and even commenting it? > > > > // Iterate platform devices > > dir = opendir("/sys/bus/platform/devices/"); > > > > while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) { > > > > // Set driver override > > snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/bus/platform/devices/%s/driver_override", ent->d_name); > > fd = open(path, O_WRONLY); > > > > // Bind to vhci_hcd > > fd = open("/sys/bus/platform/drivers/vhci_hcd/bind", O_WRONLY); > > That will taint the kernel in newer releases, and syzbot has already > been told not to do this, it's not "valid" at all. What cought my attention is that Google apparently has some capability (human, machine or otherwise) to understand how this repro works, and yet they keep reporting this broken pattern. It's just waste of time, including syzbot's own time. Hence syzkaller@googlegroups.com in Cc, wonder if there is any truth in > See https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ for more information about syzbot. > syzbot engineers can be reached at syzkaller@googlegroups.com. Regards, Michal