Re: WARNING in pvr2_i2c_core_done

Alan Stern
2019-09-25T14:10:16Z

On Wed, 25 Sep 2019, syzbot wrote:

> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following crash on:
>
> HEAD commit: d9e63adc usb-fuzzer: main usb gadget fuzzer driver
> git tree: https://github.com/google/kasan.git usb-fuzzer
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16b5fcd5600000
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f4fa60e981ee8e6a
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e74a998ca8f1df9cc332
> compiler: gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=16ec07b1600000
> C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=13ff0871600000
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+e74a998ca8f1df9cc332@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>
> pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
> cx25840 0-0044: Unable to detect h/w, assuming cx23887
> cx25840 0-0044: cx23887 A/V decoder found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)
> pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver cx25840
> pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** pvrusb2 device hardware appears to be jammed and I
> can't clear it.
> pvrusb2: You might need to power cycle the pvrusb2 device in order to
> recover.
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> sysfs group 'power' not found for kobject 'i2c-0'
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 102 at fs/sysfs/group.c:278 sysfs_remove_group
> fs/sysfs/group.c:278 [inline]
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 102 at fs/sysfs/group.c:278
> sysfs_remove_group+0x155/0x1b0 fs/sysfs/group.c:269

I have seen a lot of error messages like this one (i.e., "group 'power'
not found for kobject"), in runs that involved fuzzing a completely
different USB driver. Initial testing failed to find a cause.

This leads me to wonder whether the problem might lie somewhere else
entirely. A bug in some core kernel code? Memory corruption?

Alan Stern