Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] memory leak in dev_set_name
From: syzbot
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 09:32:14 EST
Hello,
syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
memory leak in dev_set_name
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881164c8460 (size 16):
comm "syz.3.25", pid 6755, jiffies 4294947042
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
67 61 64 67 65 74 2e 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 gadget.0........
backtrace (crc 5823fe15):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5333 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x3d3/0x570 mm/slub.c:5471
kvasprintf+0x6e/0xf0 lib/kasprintf.c:25
kvasprintf_const+0x5c/0x110 lib/kasprintf.c:49
kobject_set_name_vargs+0x40/0xd0 lib/kobject.c:274
dev_set_name+0x6d/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:3560
usb_add_gadget+0x219/0x330 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1459
usb_add_gadget_udc_release drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1517 [inline]
usb_add_gadget_udc+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1564
dummy_udc_probe+0x26c/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1121
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
device_driver_attach+0x61/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:1203
bind_store+0x99/0x110 drivers/base/bus.c:267
drv_attr_store+0x3c/0x60 drivers/base/bus.c:125
sysfs_kf_write+0x94/0xb0 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1f1/0x2d0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810613a000 (size 256):
comm "syz.3.25", pid 6755, jiffies 4294947042
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 a0 13 06 81 88 ff ff ................
08 a0 13 06 81 88 ff ff 40 ce 4e 83 ff ff ff ff ........@.N.....
backtrace (crc 314e3bdb):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
device_private_init drivers/base/core.c:3602 [inline]
device_add+0x740/0xc80 drivers/base/core.c:3653
usb_add_gadget+0x221/0x330 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1461
usb_add_gadget_udc_release drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1517 [inline]
usb_add_gadget_udc+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1564
dummy_udc_probe+0x26c/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1121
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
device_driver_attach+0x61/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:1203
bind_store+0x99/0x110 drivers/base/bus.c:267
drv_attr_store+0x3c/0x60 drivers/base/bus.c:125
sysfs_kf_write+0x94/0xb0 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1f1/0x2d0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x3ac/0x720 fs/read_write.c:687
ksys_write+0xa5/0x170 fs/read_write.c:739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114256130 (size 16):
comm "syz.1.26", pid 6769, jiffies 4294947100
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
67 61 64 67 65 74 2e 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 gadget.0........
backtrace (crc 5823fe15):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5333 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x3d3/0x570 mm/slub.c:5471
kvasprintf+0x6e/0xf0 lib/kasprintf.c:25
kvasprintf_const+0x5c/0x110 lib/kasprintf.c:49
kobject_set_name_vargs+0x40/0xd0 lib/kobject.c:274
dev_set_name+0x6d/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:3560
usb_add_gadget+0x219/0x330 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1459
usb_add_gadget_udc_release drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1517 [inline]
usb_add_gadget_udc+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1564
dummy_udc_probe+0x26c/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1121
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
device_driver_attach+0x61/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:1203
bind_store+0x99/0x110 drivers/base/bus.c:267
drv_attr_store+0x3c/0x60 drivers/base/bus.c:125
sysfs_kf_write+0x94/0xb0 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1f1/0x2d0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888131551700 (size 256):
comm "syz.1.26", pid 6769, jiffies 4294947140
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 17 55 31 81 88 ff ff ..........U1....
08 17 55 31 81 88 ff ff 40 ce 4e 83 ff ff ff ff ..U1....@.N.....
backtrace (crc 8a06d131):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
device_private_init drivers/base/core.c:3602 [inline]
device_add+0x740/0xc80 drivers/base/core.c:3653
usb_add_gadget+0x221/0x330 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1461
usb_add_gadget_udc_release drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1517 [inline]
usb_add_gadget_udc+0x6e/0xb0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c:1564
dummy_udc_probe+0x26c/0x2e0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1121
platform_probe+0x86/0xf0 drivers/base/platform.c:1439
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:628 [inline]
really_probe+0x12f/0x3a0 drivers/base/dd.c:706
__driver_probe_device+0xe9/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:868
device_driver_attach+0x61/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:1203
bind_store+0x99/0x110 drivers/base/bus.c:267
drv_attr_store+0x3c/0x60 drivers/base/bus.c:125
sysfs_kf_write+0x94/0xb0 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1f1/0x2d0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x3ac/0x720 fs/read_write.c:687
ksys_write+0xa5/0x170 fs/read_write.c:739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF
Tested on:
commit: d58772d8 Merge tag 'regmap-fix-v7.2-rc7' of git://git...
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15722a9e580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=6843f8fd2336602d
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=87ce68d9f48eca96a84a
compiler: gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=166e12c6580000