Re: [syzbot] [media?] [usb?] memory leak in dvb_register_device

From: syzbot

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 10:24:29 EST


Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue:

Reported-by: syzbot+d37184d9d8cc34602616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: syzbot+d37184d9d8cc34602616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tested on:

commit: 0f2acd31 Merge tag 'm68knommu-for-v7.0' of git://git.k..
git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17c5f15a580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f98376c08f15ed6
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d37184d9d8cc34602616
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=16253652580000

Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.