possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/10 16:09
Subsystems: bluetooth
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+0cece8fa7d83523f47a3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d10h, last: 8h49m
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[syzbot] [bluetooth?] possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close 0 (1) 2026/09/10 16:09
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close 4 syz, C 6 4h43m 1d10h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/10 09:59

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.67/5982 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff90f80f40 (rfcomm_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rfcomm_dlc_close+0x33/0x240 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:508

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rfcomm_sock_close net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:245 [inline]
ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:190 [inline]
ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __rfcomm_sock_close+0x1c3/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:224

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899
       lock_sock_nested+0x41/0xf0 net/core/sock.c:3830
       lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
       rfcomm_connect_ind+0x327/0x9e0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:968
       rfcomm_recv_pn net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:1509 [inline]
       rfcomm_recv_mcc net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:1727 [inline]
       rfcomm_recv_frame net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:1868 [inline]
       rfcomm_process_rx net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:2020 [inline]
       rfcomm_process_sessions net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:2114 [inline]
       rfcomm_run+0x438b/0x54c0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:2204
       kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
       ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #0 (rfcomm_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       rfcomm_dlc_close+0x33/0x240 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:508
       __rfcomm_sock_close+0x181/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:231
       rfcomm_sock_close net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:246 [inline]
       rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:190 [inline]
       __rfcomm_sock_close+0x1d2/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:224
       rfcomm_sock_shutdown+0x111/0x250 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:920
       rfcomm_sock_release+0x61/0x1a0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:941
       __sock_release+0xb3/0x260 net/socket.c:735
       sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1526
       __fput+0x3ff/0xb50 fs/file_table.c:512
       task_work_run+0x150/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:233
       resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
       __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:70 [inline]
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1d8/0x700 kernel/entry/common.c:101
       __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:336 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x661/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM);
                               lock(rfcomm_mutex);
                               lock(sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM);
  lock(rfcomm_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.0.67/5982: 2, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88805501bbc0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#13){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #0: ffff88805501bbc0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#13){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __sock_release+0x86/0x260 net/socket.c:734
 #1: ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rfcomm_sock_close net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:245 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:190 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880234b9260 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_RFCOMM){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __rfcomm_sock_close+0x1c3/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:224

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5982 Comm: syz.0.67 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug.cold+0x178/0x1be kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087
 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 rfcomm_dlc_close+0x33/0x240 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c:508
 __rfcomm_sock_close+0x181/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:231
 rfcomm_sock_close net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:246 [inline]
 rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:190 [inline]
 __rfcomm_sock_close+0x1d2/0x300 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:224
 rfcomm_sock_shutdown+0x111/0x250 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:920
 rfcomm_sock_release+0x61/0x1a0 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c:941
 __sock_release+0xb3/0x260 net/socket.c:735
 sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1526
 __fput+0x3ff/0xb50 fs/file_table.c:512
 task_work_run+0x150/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:233
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:70 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1d8/0x700 kernel/entry/common.c:101
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:336 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x661/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd18819e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe0b172838 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007ffe0b172920 RCX: 00007fd18819e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 000000000000e138 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000001b32a20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd188425fac R14: 00007fd188425fa8 R15: 00007fd188425fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (17):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/10 10:26 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 09:57 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 09:57 upstream 893e11787f78 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 12:01 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 12:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 12:00 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 06:28 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 06:10 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 05:58 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 05:45 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 03:35 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/11 00:11 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 22:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 20:08 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 18:59 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 12:18 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
2026/09/10 10:16 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in rfcomm_dlc_close
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.