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possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/27 15:11
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+591c47e27ef4bfc0e409@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 957d, last: 3h51m
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 267a36ba30a7425ad59d20e7e7e33bbdcc9cfb0a
Author: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:52:10 2023 +0000

  fs/ntfs3: Remove noacsrules

  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/06/08 linux-5.15.y (ToT) d7af3e5ba454 C [report] possible deadlock in ni_fiemap
2023/06/08 upstream (ToT) 25041a4c02c7 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block origin:upstream 4 C inconclusive 430 2d17h 955d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/29 04:32
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block origin:upstream 4 C 28 9d17h 134d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/27 20:24
upstream possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block ntfs3 4 C error 3111 451d 1118d 27/29 fixed on 2024/08/14 03:44
upstream possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block (2) ntfs3 4 C error 3073 11h49m 450d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/15 10:46
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/10/31 20:49 9m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/31 09:04 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/16 13:46 35m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/16 13:46 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/16 13:46 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/16 13:46 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/10/16 13:46 11m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/30 04:52 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/04/30 04:52 10m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2024/10/08 03:39 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/10/02 00:27 5h06m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2023/08/18 10:00 12h08m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.1.18/4411 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805928e0e0 (&ni->ni_lock/5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ni_lock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1100 [inline]
ffff88805928e0e0 (&ni->ni_lock/5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: attr_data_get_block+0x2df/0x1880 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:849

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888076829d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
ffff888076829d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x15d/0x2b0 mm/util.c:549

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
       __might_fault+0xb3/0x110 mm/memory.c:5357
       _copy_to_user+0x29/0x130 lib/usercopy.c:35
       copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:200 [inline]
       fiemap_fill_next_extent+0x19d/0x360 fs/ioctl.c:144
       ni_fiemap+0x3a7/0xc20 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:1902
       ntfs_fiemap+0xd7/0x130 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1236
       ioctl_fiemap fs/ioctl.c:219 [inline]
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x1464/0x1de0 fs/ioctl.c:814
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:872 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x83/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       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 (&ni->ni_lock/5){+.+.}-{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
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1eb/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       ni_lock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1100 [inline]
       attr_data_get_block+0x2df/0x1880 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:849
       ntfs_file_mmap+0x457/0x740 fs/ntfs3/file.c:389
       call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2177 [inline]
       mmap_file+0x5d/0xb0 mm/util.c:1092
       __mmap_region mm/mmap.c:1796 [inline]
       mmap_region+0xf8f/0x1660 mm/mmap.c:2933
       do_mmap+0x81f/0xea0 mm/mmap.c:1586
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1b2/0x2b0 mm/util.c:551
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x542/0x780 mm/mmap.c:1635
       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:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
                               lock(&ni->ni_lock/5);
                               lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
  lock(&ni->ni_lock/5);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.1.18/4411:
 #0: ffff888076829d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff888076829d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x15d/0x2b0 mm/util.c:549

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4411 Comm: syz.1.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
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
 __mutex_lock_common+0x1eb/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 ni_lock fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h:1100 [inline]
 attr_data_get_block+0x2df/0x1880 fs/ntfs3/attrib.c:849
 ntfs_file_mmap+0x457/0x740 fs/ntfs3/file.c:389
 call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2177 [inline]
 mmap_file+0x5d/0xb0 mm/util.c:1092
 __mmap_region mm/mmap.c:1796 [inline]
 mmap_region+0xf8f/0x1660 mm/mmap.c:2933
 do_mmap+0x81f/0xea0 mm/mmap.c:1586
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1b2/0x2b0 mm/util.c:551
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x542/0x780 mm/mmap.c:1635
 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: 0033:0x7fbea2a2cba9
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:00007fbea207b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbea2c74090 RCX: 00007fbea2a2cba9
RDX: 00000000027fffff RSI: 0000000000600000 RDI: 0000200000000000
RBP: 00007fbea2aafe19 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000004002011 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbea2c74128 R14: 00007fbea2c74090 R15: 00007ffdf57767e8
 </TASK>

Crashes (388):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/18 18:59 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/15 23:26 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2023/11/14 05:55 linux-5.15.y 80529b4968a8 cb976f63 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2023/06/08 19:04 linux-5.15.y d7af3e5ba454 058b3a5a .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/02/24 05:20 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2024/04/24 07:04 linux-5.15.y c52b9710c83d 21339d7b .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/18 18:22 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/11/08 19:25 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/11/07 00:47 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/10/01 16:47 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 a1859138 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/27 00:18 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/24 07:32 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/24 07:30 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/22 15:52 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 0ac7291c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/19 16:20 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/15 21:42 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/10 02:16 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/09 21:17 linux-5.15.y de9476bb4f1b d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/09/04 04:13 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/08/29 02:28 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/08/28 22:29 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde d401b9d7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/08/25 18:29 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/08/13 00:03 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/08/04 08:42 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/07/15 09:31 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 03fcfc4b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/26 20:07 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/21 04:52 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/16 15:37 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/22 16:03 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 0919b50b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/22 06:16 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 0919b50b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/20 17:13 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 b47f9e02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/04 19:05 linux-5.15.y 16fdf2c7111b b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/01 17:41 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 51b137cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/04/12 00:55 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/07/30 01:11 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/07/17 16:43 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/07/09 09:53 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/07/05 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/07/02 09:26 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e bc80e4f0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/07/01 17:54 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 091a06cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/30 08:24 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/06/24 19:09 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/24 03:32 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc e2f27c35 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/20 17:49 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 804b3919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/12 20:44 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/06/10 11:30 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/06/05 20:41 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/06/04 16:37 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc e565f08d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/02 16:55 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c b396b4bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/06/02 14:57 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c b396b4bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/17 00:22 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/05/05 18:34 linux-5.15.y 16fdf2c7111b 6ca47dd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2025/04/14 14:27 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 attr_data_get_block
2025/04/11 09:18 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 94486846 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
2023/03/27 15:11 linux-5.15.y 115472395b0a f8f96aa9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in attr_data_get_block
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.