possible deadlock in lookup_slow (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/13 22:35
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+3e6460be44aa33acd779@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 986d, last: 4d01h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/11 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 0a51d2d4527b C [report] possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2024/12/11 upstream (ToT) f92f4749861b C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in lookup_slow (3) prio:low kernfs 4 syz, C 517 2d17h 1134d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/19 13:17
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in lookup_slow 4 11 1089d 1261d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/11 13:10
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in lookup_slow 4 22 2263d 2690d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/12 22:59
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in lookup_slow 4 1 572d 572d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/11 18:32
upstream possible deadlock in lookup_slow fs 4 139 2650d 2891d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:42
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in lookup_slow (2) 4 15 4d21h 467d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/05/16 17:47
linux-4.14 possible deadlock in lookup_slow 4 syz, C 2027 1269d 2559d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/08/24 01:53
upstream possible deadlock in lookup_slow (2) fs 4 7 2418d 2462d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/11 09:17
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/03 22:43 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/08/03 22:43 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/08/03 22:43 2h07m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/08/03 22:43 2h03m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/05/15 16:25 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/05/15 16:25 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/05/15 16:25 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
2026/04/11 06:16 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/03/03 21:01 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/02/17 19:00 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/22 07:15 1h41m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/4316 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880170af728 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:797 [inline]
ffff8880170af728 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1687

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880170af1d0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
ffff8880170af1d0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: cache_write+0x75/0x1e0 net/sunrpc/cache.c:942

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10);
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

2 locks held by syz.0.17/4316:
 #0: ffff888026112460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x296/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff8880170af1d0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880170af1d0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{3:3}, at: cache_write+0x75/0x1e0 net/sunrpc/cache.c:942

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4316 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __lock_acquire+0x1247/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:797 [inline]
 lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1687
 walk_component+0x314/0x460 fs/namei.c:1984
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2439 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x148/0x420 fs/namei.c:2463
 filename_lookup+0x21e/0x550 fs/namei.c:2492
 kern_path+0x37/0x190 fs/namei.c:2590
 svc_export_parse+0x22d/0x9c0 fs/nfsd/export.c:609
 cache_do_downcall net/sunrpc/cache.c:903 [inline]
 cache_downcall net/sunrpc/cache.c:925 [inline]
 cache_write+0x180/0x1e0 net/sunrpc/cache.c:943
 pde_write fs/proc/inode.c:335 [inline]
 proc_reg_write+0x1dd/0x2c0 fs/proc/inode.c:347
 vfs_write+0x304/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:592
 ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647
 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: 0033:0x7f51a57ce0d9
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:00007ffdd8fbdb58 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f51a5a55fa0 RCX: 00007f51a57ce0d9
RDX: 0000000000000025 RSI: 0000200000000b00 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f51a5865024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f51a5a55fac R14: 00007f51a5a55fa0 R15: 00007f51a5a55fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (137):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/22 20:34 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/12/02 23:30 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2024/12/09 12:24 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 9ac0fdc6 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1] [mounted in repro #2] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/01/05 17:11 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2024/03/04 02:18 linux-5.15.y 80efc6265290 25905f5d .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/08/22 19:39 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/06/13 12:19 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/05/26 01:09 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/04/22 15:38 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 4595e353 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/03/28 04:23 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/02/03 14:47 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/02/01 21:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/01/16 10:07 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2026/01/12 21:15 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/12/23 11:44 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/12/02 22:44 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/08/16 16:05 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/08/11 03:48 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/08/18 23:56 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 lookup_slow
2025/08/18 12:07 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 lookup_slow
2025/08/05 08:48 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 lookup_slow
2025/07/31 21:01 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 lookup_slow
2025/07/31 19:18 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 lookup_slow
2025/07/28 13:35 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/21 03:47 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 lookup_slow
2025/07/14 20:37 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 d8fc7335 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/07 13:58 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/07 09:41 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/06 23:18 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/06 08:12 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/07/06 06:56 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/30 13:47 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/29 01:17 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/28 23:22 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/28 21:23 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/28 18:04 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/23 03:15 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/22 15:54 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/22 01:48 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/20 04:08 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/13 19:26 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/12 17:58 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/12 08:11 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/10 06:38 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/09 18:32 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/08 21:47 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/05 12:31 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 6b6b5f21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/02 05:35 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/06/01 23:33 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/05/14 06:12 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 7344edeb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/04/13 01:35 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/03/17 05:28 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c e2826670 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2025/03/14 10:54 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c e2826670 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
2023/12/13 22:34 linux-5.15.y d0fc081c6241 3222d10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in lookup_slow
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.