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possible deadlock in mark_as_free_ex

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/03 04:12
Reported-by: syzbot+05e6ebe1716156baf6fe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d15h, last: 6d15h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in mark_as_free_ex (2) ntfs3 4 C done 2754 3h07m 243d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/08 07:38
upstream possible deadlock in mark_as_free_ex ntfs3 4 3 765d 769d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/13 11:34

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.6.95-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.6.14287/6950 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805bae4270 (&wnd->rw_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mark_as_free_ex+0x3e/0x380 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2484

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805ed277b0 (&ni->file.run_lock#2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_truncate fs/ntfs3/file.c:393 [inline]
ffff88805ed277b0 (&ni->file.run_lock#2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs3_setattr+0x6cd/0xb60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:703

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&ni->file.run_lock#2){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       run_unpack_ex+0x7e6/0xba0 fs/ntfs3/run.c:1117
       ntfs_read_mft fs/ntfs3/inode.c:401 [inline]
       ntfs_iget5+0x22e3/0x3750 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:533
       dir_search_u+0x1e0/0x2b0 fs/ntfs3/dir.c:264
       ntfs_atomic_open+0x23b/0x520 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:412
       atomic_open fs/namei.c:3351 [inline]
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3459 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3556 [inline]
       path_openat+0xf27/0x3190 fs/namei.c:3786
       do_filp_open+0x1c5/0x3d0 fs/namei.c:3816
       do_sys_openat2+0x12c/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1419
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1450 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1445 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1445
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&wnd->rw_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       down_write_nested+0x9e/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
       mark_as_free_ex+0x3e/0x380 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2484
       run_deallocate_ex+0x188/0x2e0 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:122
       attr_set_size+0xeb5/0x2c60 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:754
       ntfs_truncate fs/ntfs3/file.c:394 [inline]
       ntfs3_setattr+0x78f/0xb60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:703
       notify_change+0xb0d/0xe10 fs/attr.c:499
       do_truncate+0x19b/0x220 fs/open.c:66
       handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3291 [inline]
       do_open fs/namei.c:3636 [inline]
       path_openat+0x298c/0x3190 fs/namei.c:3789
       do_filp_open+0x1c5/0x3d0 fs/namei.c:3816
       do_sys_openat2+0x12c/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1419
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1450 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1445 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1445
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ni->file.run_lock#2);
                               lock(&wnd->rw_lock);
                               lock(&ni->file.run_lock#2);
  lock(&wnd->rw_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by syz.6.14287/6950:
 #0: ffff88802dc2c418 (sb_writers#33){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:403
 #1: ffff88805ed279b0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#36){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805ed279b0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#36){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: do_truncate+0x187/0x220 fs/open.c:64
 #2: ffff88805ed27700 (&ni->ni_lock#2/5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_lock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1120 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805ed27700 (&ni->ni_lock#2/5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_truncate fs/ntfs3/file.c:391 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805ed27700 (&ni->ni_lock#2/5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ntfs3_setattr+0x6bc/0xb60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:703
 #3: ffff88805ed277b0 (&ni->file.run_lock#2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_truncate fs/ntfs3/file.c:393 [inline]
 #3: ffff88805ed277b0 (&ni->file.run_lock#2){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs3_setattr+0x6cd/0xb60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:703

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 6950 Comm: syz.6.14287 Not tainted 6.6.95-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2bd/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 down_write_nested+0x9e/0x1f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
 mark_as_free_ex+0x3e/0x380 fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:2484
 run_deallocate_ex+0x188/0x2e0 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:122
 attr_set_size+0xeb5/0x2c60 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:754
 ntfs_truncate fs/ntfs3/file.c:394 [inline]
 ntfs3_setattr+0x78f/0xb60 fs/ntfs3/file.c:703
 notify_change+0xb0d/0xe10 fs/attr.c:499
 do_truncate+0x19b/0x220 fs/open.c:66
 handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3291 [inline]
 do_open fs/namei.c:3636 [inline]
 path_openat+0x298c/0x3190 fs/namei.c:3789
 do_filp_open+0x1c5/0x3d0 fs/namei.c:3816
 do_sys_openat2+0x12c/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1419
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1450 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1445 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1445
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7ff11918e929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ff119f3d038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff1193b5fa0 RCX: 00007ff11918e929
RDX: 0000000000101b81 RSI: 0000200000000180 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007ff119210b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ff1193b5fa0 R15: 00007ffc943946c8
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/03 04:12 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in mark_as_free_ex
2025/07/03 04:12 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 115ceea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in mark_as_free_ex
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.