Re: [syzbot] [mm?] WARNING in ep_write_iter

[Zi Yan]

On 21 Aug 2026, at 11:13, David Laight wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:24:36 -0400
> "Zi Yan" <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri Aug 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM EDT, David Laight wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:52:01 -0700
>>> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:25:48 -0700 syzbot <syzbot+805630f1453e490427fa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> syzbot found the following issue on:
>>>>>
>>>>> HEAD commit:    3d6d817622b0 Merge tag 'scsi-fixes' of git://git.kernel.or..
>>>>> git tree:       upstream
>>>>> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15927479580000
>>>>> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=a59830cba91a1981
>>>>> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=805630f1453e490427fa
>>>>> compiler:       Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Downloadable assets:
>>>>> disk image (non-bootable): https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d900f083ada3/non_bootable_disk-3d6d8176.raw.xz
>>>>> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d19e0514c02a/vmlinux-3d6d8176.xz
>>>>> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/f6da706811f4/bzImage-3d6d8176.xz
>>>>>
>>>>> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
>>>>> Reported-by: syzbot+805630f1453e490427fa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> gadgetfs: bound to dummy_udc driver
>>>>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>>>> 1
>>>>> WARNING: mm/page_alloc.c:5280 at __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2ce/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5280, CPU#0: syz.0.0/5319
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  drivers/usb/gadget is the offender.
>>>>
>>>> Gemini sums it up well.  "ep_write_iter() needs a bounds check prior to
>>>> memory allocation".  https://share.gemini.google/5NzjyttO0ULc
>>>>
>>>> I expect an easy fix would be
>>>>
>>>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c~a
>>>> +++ a/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c
>>>> @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ ep_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct
>>>>  		return -EBADMSG;
>>>>  	}
>>>>
>>>> -	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
>>>> +	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN);
>>>>  	if (unlikely(!buf)) {
>>>>  		mutex_unlock(&epdata->lock);
>>>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>>>>
>>>> or do what Gemini said.  Me, I'll add some cc's and run away.
>>>
>>> Should there be a separate flags for 'request too large' and
>>> 'no memory available' ?
>>
>> What flags? Are you suggesting kmalloc should return an ERR_PTR to
>> distinguish different error types?
>
> That would break to much...

+Vlastimil and Harry on this. Maybe worth giving it a try.

> I was thinking of a GFP_NOWARN_TOOBIG.
>
> That isn't enough to change the errno though.
> But a smaller sanity limit may make sense anyway.

Maybe. I am not sure if we want to spend a GFP flag for that.


Best Regards,
Yan, Zi