Re: WARNING: Support for this device (Terratec Grabster AV400) is experimental.

From: Alan Stern
Date: Tue Apr 30 2019 - 11:00:23 EST


On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, syzbot wrote:

> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following crash on:
>
> HEAD commit: 9a33b369 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=141ca62d200000
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=23e37f59d94ddd15
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=af8f8d2ac0d39b0ed3a0
> compiler: gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=1405bedd200000
> C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=13ce3bbb200000
>
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+af8f8d2ac0d39b0ed3a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0ccd, idProduct=0039, bcdDevice=
> d.3c
> usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
> usb 1-1: config 0 descriptor??
> pvrusb2: Hardware description: Terratec Grabster AV400
> pvrusb2: **********
> pvrusb2: WARNING: Support for this device (Terratec Grabster AV400) is
> experimental.
> pvrusb2: Important functionality might not be entirely working.
> pvrusb2: Please consider contacting the driver author to help with further
> stabilization of the driver.
> pvrusb2: **********
>
>
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This does seem like a bug in syzbot. Why does it think this pr_info()
output indicates a crash? Is it fooled by the capitalized "WARNING" at
the start of one of the lines?

Alan Stern