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possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/27 14:23
Reported-by: syzbot+1fe896d404af69a0fd7d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 88d, last: 4d00h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj 4 15 4d03h 89d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/03/26 12:38
upstream possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj netfilter 4 1 189d 185d 29/29 fixed on 2026/05/06 16:40

Sample crash report:
netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.7.2634'.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.7.2634/13638 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807a7c0eb8 (&nft_net->commit_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x72/0xa0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7996

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888056d75690 (nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __netlink_dump_start+0xf4/0x7a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2341

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       __netlink_dump_start+0xf4/0x7a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2341
       netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:338 [inline]
       ip_set_dump+0x15c/0x1f0 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1717
       nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0xcaf/0x1290 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:302
       netlink_rcv_skb+0x235/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
       nfnetlink_rcv+0x2c9/0x2490 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:659
       netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
       netlink_unicast+0x7b1/0x930 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
       netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899
       sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
       __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
       ____sys_sendmsg+0x61b/0x980 net/socket.c:2595
       ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2649
       __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
       __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2685
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (nfnl_subsys_ipset){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       ip_set_nfnl_get_byindex+0x67/0x230 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:909
       set_match_v1_checkentry+0x71/0x230 net/netfilter/xt_set.c:139
       xt_check_match+0x49d/0xc60 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:534
       __nft_match_init+0x671/0x8b0 net/netfilter/nft_compat.c:522
       nf_tables_newexpr net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:3307 [inline]
       nf_tables_newrule+0x176e/0x2870 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4140
       nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:519 [inline]
       nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:639 [inline]
       nfnetlink_rcv+0x1133/0x2490 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:657
       netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
       netlink_unicast+0x7b1/0x930 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
       netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899
       sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
       __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
       ____sys_sendmsg+0x61b/0x980 net/socket.c:2595
       ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2649
       __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
       __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2685
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&nft_net->commit_mutex){+.+.}-{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+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x72/0xa0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7996
       netlink_dump+0x738/0xec0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2269
       __netlink_dump_start+0x57c/0x7a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2377
       netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:338 [inline]
       nft_netlink_dump_start_rcu+0xdb/0x1a0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1124
       nf_tables_getobj_reset+0x1e1/0x630 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:8131
       nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x89c/0x1290 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:290
       netlink_rcv_skb+0x235/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
       nfnetlink_rcv+0x2c9/0x2490 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:659
       netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
       netlink_unicast+0x7b1/0x930 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
       netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899
       sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
       __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
       ____sys_sendmsg+0x61b/0x980 net/socket.c:2595
       ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2649
       __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
       __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2685
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &nft_net->commit_mutex --> nfnl_subsys_ipset --> nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER);
                               lock(nfnl_subsys_ipset);
                               lock(nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER);
  lock(&nft_net->commit_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.7.2634/13638:
 #0: ffff888056d75690 (nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __netlink_dump_start+0xf4/0x7a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2341

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 13638 Comm: syz.7.2634 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 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+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x135/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x72/0xa0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7996
 netlink_dump+0x738/0xec0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2269
 __netlink_dump_start+0x57c/0x7a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2377
 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:338 [inline]
 nft_netlink_dump_start_rcu+0xdb/0x1a0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1124
 nf_tables_getobj_reset+0x1e1/0x630 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:8131
 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x89c/0x1290 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:290
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x235/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
 nfnetlink_rcv+0x2c9/0x2490 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:659
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7b1/0x930 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x61b/0x980 net/socket.c:2595
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2649
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1d0/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2685
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f767599ce59
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:00007f76768c7028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7675c15fa0 RCX: 00007f767599ce59
RDX: 000000002404c08a RSI: 0000200000000340 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f7675a32e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7675c16038 R14: 00007f7675c15fa0 R15: 00007ffe9450aca8
 </TASK>

Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/19 15:37 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 570c59ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/19 15:37 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 570c59ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/15 02:06 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/15 02:05 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/13 09:08 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/12 17:50 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/11 01:15 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/01 21:25 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/01 21:25 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/01 21:25 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/06/01 19:08 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/27 12:13 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/27 12:13 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/26 10:03 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/24 14:57 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/23 13:15 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/23 13:15 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/16 10:43 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/16 10:42 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/11 20:55 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/05/07 13:57 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd cbf9e0fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/04/24 07:02 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/04/24 07:01 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
2026/03/27 14:22 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nf_tables_dumpreset_obj
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.