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possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/09/14 01:11
Reported-by: syzbot+1cd2ae4e4eb3cb4218a3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 420d, last: 19h46m
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set ocfs2 4 5768 2h40m 424d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/09/10 05:07
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 185 20h19m 142d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/06/19 18:15
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 525 1d05h 409d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/25 09:02

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.25/4699 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88806163ed88 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
ffff88806163ed88 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0xad6/0x11e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880745686f8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x40c/0x11e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3587

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x2fb/0x720 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:365
       ocfs2_mknod+0x142f/0x22b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:410
       ocfs2_create+0x192/0x410 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:674
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3470 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3540 [inline]
       path_openat+0x11e1/0x2f30 fs/namei.c:3747
       do_filp_open+0x1b3/0x3e0 fs/namei.c:3777
       do_sys_openat2+0x142/0x4a0 fs/open.c:1253
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1269 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1285 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1280 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1280
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #1 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}:
       jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0xa1/0x380 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:881
       __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x2a7/0x1060 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6028
       ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x4b/0x60 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6075
       ocfs2_sync_fs+0x113/0x310 fs/ocfs2/super.c:403
       sync_filesystem+0x1be/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
       ocfs2_remount+0x109/0xaf0 fs/ocfs2/super.c:612
       reconfigure_super+0x219/0x880 fs/super.c:938
       do_remount fs/namespace.c:2697 [inline]
       path_mount+0xd3e/0x1020 fs/namespace.c:3356
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2d6/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3562
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
       ocfs2_xattr_set+0xad6/0x11e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626
       __vfs_setxattr+0x3e0/0x420 fs/xattr.c:182
       __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x129/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:216
       vfs_setxattr+0x168/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:303
       do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:588 [inline]
       setxattr+0x2da/0x300 fs/xattr.c:611
       path_setxattr+0x142/0x280 fs/xattr.c:630
       __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:646 [inline]
       __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:642 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setxattr+0xb7/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:642
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6 --> jbd2_handle --> &oi->ip_xattr_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
                               lock(jbd2_handle);
                               lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.0.25/4699:
 #0: ffff88807a6ea460 (sb_writers#18){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff8880745689c8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880745689c8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#26){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x141/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:302
 #2: ffff8880745686f8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x40c/0x11e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3587

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4699 Comm: syz.0.25 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x274/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 ocfs2_xattr_set+0xad6/0x11e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626
 __vfs_setxattr+0x3e0/0x420 fs/xattr.c:182
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x129/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:216
 vfs_setxattr+0x168/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:303
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:588 [inline]
 setxattr+0x2da/0x300 fs/xattr.c:611
 path_setxattr+0x142/0x280 fs/xattr.c:630
 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:646 [inline]
 __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:642 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setxattr+0xb7/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:642
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7effe85466c9
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:00007effe67ad038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007effe879cfa0 RCX: 00007effe85466c9
RDX: 00002000000013c0 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007effe85c8f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007effe879d038 R14: 00007effe879cfa0 R15: 00007ffcae21f728
 </TASK>

Crashes (393):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/07 23:35 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/11/05 14:30 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/23 15:05 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/19 06:38 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/17 23:47 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/14 23:41 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/13 16:41 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/13 05:44 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/12 12:55 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/08 03:46 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/06 13:16 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 91305dbe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/10/02 22:08 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/25 04:15 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/20 20:18 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/18 21:52 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/18 17:58 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/18 07:57 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/15 23:43 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/14 10:54 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/09/08 09:57 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/26 12:44 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/25 05:24 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/19 02:50 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/18 07:33 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/15 14:11 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/09 17:30 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/05 10:31 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 37880f40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/04 05:59 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/01 12:39 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 40127d41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/20 15:22 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/18 02:38 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 88248e14 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/17 14:44 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/17 13:28 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2024/09/14 01:10 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 b58f933c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/21 20:23 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 3e79b825 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/20 09:47 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/19 09:33 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/19 08:25 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/19 01:56 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/18 12:34 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/15 06:22 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/08/05 00:16 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/31 21:23 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/29 20:43 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/20 21:26 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/07/18 04:13 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 88248e14 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.