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possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/10/14 06:57
Subsystems: kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+1cfd86253864f61b533e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 218d, last: 5d21h
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[syzbot] [kernfs?] possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter (2) 0 (1) 2024/10/14 06:57
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter kernfs 14 294d 319d 0/28 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/05 00:05
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter 3 99d 196d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/11/02 01:46

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.15.0-rc5-syzkaller-00275-gbec6f00f120e #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.3700/21889 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88804f649c88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88807e31d468 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: iter_file_splice_write+0x1e6/0x1000 fs/splice.c:683

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:601 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746
       anon_pipe_write+0x16a/0x1360 fs/pipe.c:459
       __kernel_write_iter+0x3ec/0x860 fs/read_write.c:617
       __kernel_write+0xef/0x150 fs/read_write.c:637
       autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:57 [inline]
       autofs_notify_daemon+0x748/0xe50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164
       autofs_wait+0x11dc/0x1870 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426
       autofs_do_expire_multi+0x5ca/0x9a0 fs/autofs/expire.c:593
       autofs_root_ioctl+0x46/0x60 fs/autofs/root.c:910
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:892
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xf6/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:601 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746
       autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline]
       autofs_notify_daemon+0x735/0xe50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164
       autofs_wait+0x11dc/0x1870 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426
       autofs_mount_wait+0x16b/0x330 fs/autofs/root.c:255
       autofs_d_automount+0x393/0x720 fs/autofs/root.c:401
       follow_automount fs/namei.c:1455 [inline]
       __traverse_mounts+0x308/0x5b0 fs/namei.c:1500
       traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1529 [inline]
       handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1632 [inline]
       step_into+0x534/0xf30 fs/namei.c:1976
       lookup_last fs/namei.c:2636 [inline]
       path_lookupat+0x163/0x430 fs/namei.c:2660
       filename_lookup+0x212/0x570 fs/namei.c:2689
       kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2822
       lookup_bdev+0xc0/0x280 block/bdev.c:1205
       resume_store+0x169/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1248
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x378/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:334
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:591 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:684
       ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:736
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xf6/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3166 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3285 [inline]
       validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3909
       __lock_acquire+0xaac/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5235
       lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:601 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325
       iter_file_splice_write+0x93a/0x1000 fs/splice.c:738
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline]
       do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1348
       __do_splice fs/splice.c:1430 [inline]
       __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1633 [inline]
       __se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1615
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xf6/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &of->mutex --> &sbi->pipe_mutex --> &pipe->mutex

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&pipe->mutex);
                               lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex);
                               lock(&pipe->mutex);
  lock(&of->mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.0.3700/21889:
 #0: ffff8880346f0420 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_splice+0xbff/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1347
 #1: ffff88807e31d468 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: iter_file_splice_write+0x1e6/0x1000 fs/splice.c:683

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 21889 Comm: syz.0.3700 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5-syzkaller-00275-gbec6f00f120e #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2ee/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2079
 check_noncircular+0x134/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2211
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3166 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3285 [inline]
 validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3909
 __lock_acquire+0xaac/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5235
 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:601 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325
 iter_file_splice_write+0x93a/0x1000 fs/splice.c:738
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline]
 do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1348
 __do_splice fs/splice.c:1430 [inline]
 __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1633 [inline]
 __se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1615
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf6/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f087518e969
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:00007f087605c038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000113
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f08753b6080 RCX: 00007f087518e969
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f0875210ab1 R08: 000000000000bfd1 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f08753b6080 R15: 00007fffe7ecd768
 </TASK>
kernel profiling enabled (shift: 9)

Crashes (50):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/05/11 07:41 upstream bec6f00f120e 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/05 07:30 upstream 92a09c47464d b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/04 18:40 upstream e8ab83e34bdc b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/03 00:00 upstream 2bfcee565c3a b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/02 23:56 upstream 2bfcee565c3a b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/02 19:37 upstream ebd297a2affa b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/02 19:36 upstream ebd297a2affa b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/01 12:28 upstream 4f79eaa2ceac ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/01 12:26 upstream 4f79eaa2ceac ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/01 12:24 upstream 4f79eaa2ceac ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/04/30 08:26 upstream 8bac8898fe39 85a5a23f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/04/28 06:41 upstream b4432656b36e c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/04/28 06:37 upstream b4432656b36e c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/04/18 01:52 upstream b5c6891b2c5b 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/03/20 12:15 upstream a7f2e10ecd8f 3b7445cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/03/19 00:04 upstream fc444ada1310 22a6c2b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/03/02 18:08 upstream ece144f151ac c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/27 15:04 upstream dd83757f6e68 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/09 12:46 upstream 9946eaf552b1 ef44b750 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/08 19:04 upstream 8f6629c004b1 ef44b750 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/02 02:02 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 0dff8567 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/22 01:04 upstream b9d8a295ed6b 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/22 01:03 upstream b9d8a295ed6b 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/22 01:03 upstream b9d8a295ed6b 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/17 15:12 upstream 9bffa1ad25b8 953d1c45 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/02 23:48 upstream 0bc21e701a6f d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/12/10 17:07 upstream 7cb1b4663150 cfc402b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/28 16:45 upstream b86545e02e8c 5df23865 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/25 04:45 upstream 9f16d5e6f220 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/17 12:35 upstream 4a5df3796467 cfe3a04a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/06 17:30 upstream 2e1b3cc9d7f7 3a465482 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/03 02:06 upstream 11066801dd4b f00eed24 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/02 03:27 upstream 6c52d4da1c74 f00eed24 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/10/29 04:05 upstream 819837584309 9efb3cc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/26 14:01 upstream ac9c34d1e45a d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/17 15:56 upstream 0ad2507d5d93 9be4ace3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/12 14:39 upstream 09fbf3d50205 b27c2402 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/02/03 00:01 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/21 21:37 upstream 43fb83c17ba2 4b25d554 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/11/07 15:27 upstream ff7afaeca1a1 867e44df .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2024/10/10 06:48 upstream b983b271662b 0278d004 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/07 11:03 upstream 0d8d44db295c 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/07 06:08 upstream 0d8d44db295c 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/07 01:04 upstream 0d8d44db295c 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/06 16:28 upstream 01f95500a162 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/05/04 14:33 upstream e8ab83e34bdc b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/10 21:17 upstream 2144da25584e d9381135 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
2025/01/02 22:58 upstream 0bc21e701a6f d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in kernfs_fop_write_iter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.