[syzbot] Monthly usb report (Mar 2026)

From: syzbot

Date: Sun Mar 01 2026 - 01:23:10 EST


Hello usb maintainers/developers,

This is a 31-day syzbot report for the usb subsystem.
All related reports/information can be found at:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/upstream/s/usb

During the period, 3 new issues were detected and 0 were fixed.
In total, 83 issues are still open and 413 have already been fixed.

Some of the still happening issues:

Ref Crashes Repro Title
<1> 7466 Yes KASAN: use-after-free Read in v4l2_fh_init
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c025d34b8eaa54c571b8
<2> 5143 Yes WARNING in usb_free_urb
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b466336413a1fba398a5
<3> 3627 Yes KASAN: use-after-free Read in v4l2_fh_open
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b2391895514ed9ef4a8e
<4> 2462 Yes INFO: task hung in usbdev_open (2)
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b73659f5bb96fac34820
<5> 2456 Yes possible deadlock in input_inject_event
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=79c403850e6816dc39cf
<6> 2169 Yes INFO: task hung in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction (5)
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3071bdd0a9953bc0d177
<7> 1865 Yes WARNING in usb_tx_block/usb_submit_urb
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=355c68b459d1d96c4d06
<8> 1417 Yes KASAN: use-after-free Read in em28xx_init_extension (2)
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=99d6c66dbbc484f50e1c
<9> 1403 Yes WARNING in enable_work
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7053fbd8757fecbbe492
<10> 1051 No KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds Read in kcov_remote_start
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8a173e13208949931dc7

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